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Máirín Johnston
Máirín Johnston (born 1931) is an Irish author and feminist from The Liberties in Dublin, Ireland who worked to bring contraceptives into Dublin in 1971 with the Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM). Johnston has authored ''Dublin Belles: Conversations with Dublin Women'' and ''Around the Banks of Pimlico'', as well as the children's book ''The Pony Express'', which won a Bisto Merit Award in 1994. Work with Irish Women's Liberation Movement Johnston worked as a core member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, a group of feminists working out of Dublin. They advocated for sexual and reproductive health and rights to contraceptives throughout Ireland. On 6 March 1971, on behalf of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, Johnston appeared on a Late Late Show panel with another founding group member, Nell McCafferty. According to Rosita Sweetman, a member of the group, "Everything was going swimmingly until, of course, hot head Mary Kenny, yes, that Mary Kenny, lobbed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelanda sovereign state covering five-sixths of the island) and Northern Ireland (part of the United Kingdomcovering the remaining sixth). It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest in the world. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islands by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Kenny
Mary Kenny (born 4 April 1944) is an Irish journalist, broadcaster and playwright. A founding member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, she was one of the country's first and foremost Feminism, feminists, often contributes columns to the ''Irish Independent'' and has been described as "the grand dame of Irish journalism". She is based in England. Early life Mary Kenny was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was born in 1877. She grew up in Sandymount, and was expelled from convent school at age 16. She had a sister, Ursula. Career She began working at the London ''Evening Standard'' in 1966 on its "Londoner's Diary" column, later as a general feature writer, and was woman's editor of ''The Irish Press'' in the early 1970s. Irish Women's Liberation Movement Kenny was one of the founding members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement. Although the group had no formal structure of officials, she was often seen as the "ring leader" of the group. In March 1971, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From The Liberties, Dublin
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Births
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. * January 30 – Charlie Chaplin comedy drama film ''City Lights'' receives its public premiere at the Los Angeles Theater with Albert Einstein as guest of honor. Contrary to the current trend in cinema, it is a silent film, but with a score by Chaplin. Critically and commercially successful from the start, it will place consistently in lists of films considered the best of all time. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Fink (artist)
Fink may refer to: People and fictional characters * Fink (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Fink (singer), English singer and songwriter Fin Greenall (born 1972) * Billie Joe Armstrong (born 1972), also known as Fink and Wilhelm Fink, American punk rock guitarist, singer and songwriter * Howard Finkel, also known as The Fink, professional wrestling announcer * Fink, a red fox in the 2024 animated film ''The Wild Robot'' Places in the United States * Fink, Texas, an unincorporated community * Fink, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Fink Run, West Virginia, a stream Other uses * slang for informant * Fink (software), a collaborative computing project to port Unix programs to Mac OS X * ''Fink'' (album), a 1989 album by the Swamp Zombies * Rat Fink, a cartoon character from "Kustom Kulture" hot rod detailing * 10891 Fink, an asteroid See also * Fink effect, a factor in medical anaesthesia * Finks motorcycle club, an Australian outlaw mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel. It is the second-largest city in Ireland (after Dublin), with an estimated population of in , and a Belfast metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of 671,559. First chartered as an English settlement in 1613, the town's early growth was driven by an influx of Scottish people, Scottish Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterians. Their descendants' disaffection with Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland's Protestant Ascendancy, Anglican establishment contributed to the Irish Rebellion of 1798, rebellion of 1798, and to the Acts of Union 1800, union with Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain in 1800—later regarded as a key to the town's industrial transformation. When granted City status in the United Kingdom#Northern Ireland, city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contraceptive Train
The Contraceptive Train was a women's rights activism event which took place on 22 May 1971. Members of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM), in protest against the law prohibiting the importation and sale of contraceptives in the Republic of Ireland, travelled to Belfast in Northern Ireland to purchase contraceptives. The protest On Saturday, 22 May 1971 the group met at Connolly Station in Dublin and then travelled to Belfast in Northern Ireland to purchase contraceptives, which were banned in the Republic of Ireland. The IWLM members were divided about who should go to Belfast. Some members thought that single women should not go because "buying contraception implied they were having sex before marriage." Contraception in the Republic of Ireland had been illegal since 1935 under the 1935 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, and while contraception was legal in Northern Ireland it was restricted, so the women involved could not get the pill without a doctor's prescript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosita Sweetman
Rosita may refer to: Places * Rosita, Nicaragua, a municipality * Rosita Airport, an airport that serves Rosita, Nicaragua * La Rosita, Texas * Rosita, Colorado * Rosita North, Texas * Rosita, Texas, formerly named Rosita South * Nueva Rosita, a Mexican town often simply called Rosita * Roşiţa, a village in Albota de Sus Commune, Taraclia district, Moldova People * Rosita (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Thea Trinidad (born 1990), American wrestler with the ring name Rosita Characters * Rosita (Doctor Who), a one-off companion in ''Doctor Who'' * Rosita (''Sesame Street''), a Muppet character on the children's TV series ''Sesame Street'' * Rosita Espinosa, a character on the television series ''The Walking Dead'' * Rosita, a character in the 2016 animated film ''Sing'' Other uses * Rosita (band) * ''Rosita'' (film), a 1923 silent film * Cyclone Rosita, a 2000 tropical cyclone * Rosita, a follower of Argentinean caudillo Juan Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminism
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern societies are patriarchal—they prioritize the male point of view—and that women are treated unjustly in these societies. Efforts to change this include fighting against gender stereotypes and improving educational, professional, and interpersonal opportunities and outcomes for women. Originating in late 18th-century Europe, feminist movements have campaigned and continue to campaign for women's rights, including the right to Women's suffrage, vote, Nomination rules, run for public office, Right to work, work, earn gender pay gap, equal pay, Right to property, own property, Right to education, receive education, enter into contracts, have equal rights within marriage, and maternity leave. Feminists have also worked to ensure access to contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell McCafferty
Ellen Pamela McCafferty (28 March 1944 – 21 August 2024) was an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist. She wrote for ''The Irish Press'', ''The Irish Times'', ''Sunday Tribune'', ''Hot Press'' and ''The Village Voice''. Early life McCafferty was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, to Hugh and Lily McCafferty, a devout Catholic, and spent her early years in the Bogside area of the city. She was admitted to Queen's University Belfast (QUB) where she earned a degree in Arts. After a brief spell as a substitute English teacher in Northern Ireland and a stint on a kibbutz in Israel, she took up a post with ''The Irish Times''. Career McCafferty was a founding member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement. Her journalistic writing on women and women's rights reflected her beliefs on the status of women in Irish society. In 1970, she wrote that "Women's Liberation is finding it very hard to explain the difference, when you come down to it, except in ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
