Status of women was better ‘under British rule’, activists told de Valera a year before he signed off on ‘women’s place in home’ clause in Constitution
Éamon de Valera was told a year before the 1937 Constitution that the status of women in Ireland had been better under the British Empire than in the independent state that followed.
When de Valera eventually met them late in 1936, four years after coming to power, it did not go well. The delegation sought equal representation within the Seanad to address the lack of women TDs. The letter sent in October 1936 is scathing about the status of women in Irish society and particularly the marriage bar which was introduced in the 1920s. The marriage bar meant all women had to resign from the civil service once they got married.
“Women have taken a large part in public life in Ireland within comparatively recent times. As the following facts show; Ireland was the first to elect a women MP in 1918 who was also made a Minister . The arguments failed to persuade de Valera who introduced the notorious Article 41.1 into the 1937 constitution, the so-called “a woman’s place is in the home” clause.
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