The Women's Social and Progressive League was a women's organisation and political party founded in Ireland in 1937 by

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington (née Sheehy; 24 May 1877 – 20 April 1946) was a suffragette and Irish nationalist. Along with her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret Cousins and James Cousins, she founded the Irish Women's Franch ...

. It was committed to opposing the 1937 constitution of Ireland and any regressive consequences it would entail; the organisation opposed articles 40, 41, and 45 concerning the status of women. Among its most prominent members were

Dorothy Macardle Dorothy Macardle (7 March 1889 in Dundalk – 23 December 1958 in Drogheda)Luke Gibbons, ''The Irish Times'', Weekend Review, "A Cosmopolitan Reclaimed: A Review of ''Dorothy Macardle: A Life''", by Nadia Clare Smith, 10 November 2007, p.13 was ...

Lorna Reynolds Lorna Reynolds (17 December 1911 – 4 July 2003) was an Irish people, Irish writer, editor, and professor. Early life and education Reynolds was born in Jamaica in 1911 to staff sergeant Michael Reynolds in the Royal Engineers and his wife Te ...

, Mary Hayden, Mary J. Hogan, Mary Macken, Mary S. Kettle and

Agnes O'Farrelly Agnes O'Farrelly (born Agnes Winifred Farrelly; 24 June 1874 – 5 November 1951) (; nom-de-plume 'Uan Uladh'), was an academic and Professor of Irish at University College Dublin (UCD).Ríona Nic Congáil, ''Úna Ní Fhaircheallaigh agus an Fhí ...

. The party ran candidates in the

1938 Irish general election The 1938 Irish general election to the 10th Dáil was held on Friday, 17 June following the dissolution of the 9th Dáil on 27 May 1938 by the Presidential Commission (Ireland), Presidential Commission on the request of Taoiseach Éamon de Valer ...

as well as the

1943 Irish general election The 1943 Irish general election to the 11th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 23 June, having been called on 31 May by proclamation of President of Ireland, President Douglas Hyde on the advice of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. It took place in Dáil co ...

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1937 establishments in Ireland Women's organisations based in Ireland Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Feminist parties Organizations for women in politics {{Ireland-org-stub

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