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COMMON ROOM TRINITY COLLEGE. 20 Jan, 1916 Dear Mrs Sheehy Skeffington, I shall
try to manage
Feb 15. Neitzsche on woman.
Unless you hear within a
day or two you may count
on me. Every best J.M. Henry
J.M. Henry writes to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) to let her know that he
will be able to lecture on 15 February on the topic of Nietzsche on women. Hanna Sheehy
Skeffington, suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the widow of Francis
Sheehy-Skeffington (who was summarily executed on 26 April 1916). She was active during
the Rising, bringing food to the Volunteers in the G.P.O. and the College of Surgeons.
Four days passed before she found out what had happened to her husband, Francis (1878-1916),
and it wasn't until almost two weeks later that the full details of his execution
emerged.