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MARCH
1916 Mrs Sheehy Skeffington Dear Mrs S. Miss M sent
a few tickets
she has only
booby prizes.
I hope someone
will give something
decent if not
we'll only have
to buy two
for them
Have sent tickets
to Mrs Emerson Yours
K Keevey
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MRS. PANKHURST,
FOUNDER & HON. SEC.,
THE WOMEN'S SOCIAL & POLITICAL UNION.
This card from Katie Keevey to Hanna Sheehy Skeffington (1877-1946) concerns tickets
received and sent by Keevey. The front of the postcard depicts Emmeline Pankhurst
(1858 -1928), the suffragette leader.
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 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.