Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915 Letters 1916-1923 Charlotte Shaw

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Postcard from Charlotte Shaw (1857-1943) to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) thanking Skeffington for an explanation of how a sum of money was spent. The sum being referred to was an amount donated by Shaw was intended as financial assistance to send one or more Irishwomen to the Hague Congress. Charlotte Shaw (née Payne-Townshend) was an Irish political activist and wife of playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950). As a member of the Fabian Society Charlotte was a dedicated socialist and advocator of women's rights.Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946), suffragette, nationalist, language teacher, was the founder of the Irish Women’s Franchise League and a founding member of the Irish Women Workers’ Union. She 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.

 National Library of Ireland Sheehy Skeffington Papaers, Collection List No. 47, Ms 33,608/8-2 https://letters1916.ie/item/1066 English Charlotte Shaw 1916-11-25 10 Adelphi Terrace, London, England Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Female Country and City Life Politics Culture and the Arts

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 25 Nov. 1915. 10 ADELPHI TERRACE .W.C. Thank you so much for writing so fully & explaining so clearly. The money could not have been better spent. C.F. Shaw. Mrs Sheehy Skeffington 11 Grosvenor Place Rathmines Co Dublin Ireland. Charlotte Shaw Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915Letter from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915Letter from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 July 1916 10 Adelphi Terrace, London, England Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915Letter from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 22 November 1915Letter from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 July 1916 11 Grosvenor Place, Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland Letter from Edith Mary Sanderson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 11 February 1916Postcard from Percy J. Gillespie to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 5 February 1916Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hannah Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Postcard from Charlotte Shaw to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 25 November 1915Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 7 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Rosamond Jacob, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 10 January 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 9 February 1916.Postcard from Gerard B. Crofts to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 12 February 1916Postcard from Bulmer Hobson to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 15 February 1916Letter to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 31 March 1916Card to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 30 March 1916Letter from Séan P Campbell to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 10 November 1915Letter from Máire Ní Catháin to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 13 November 1915Letter from Mary Hayden to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, 16 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Miss Lawless, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Margaret McCoubrey, 14 January 1916Letter from F. Haughton to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington on 21 November 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence J. Ginnell, 27 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Earnest Aston, 1 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Lillian Metge, 1 February 1916Letter from Helen Morony to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington , 4 December 1915Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington, 14 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Mrs McGarry, 10 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Laurence Ginnell, 13 February 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 30 January 1916Letter from Francis Sheehy Skeffington to Joseph Skeffington, 27 February 1916