McCafferty was a leader of the Irish feminist movement in the late 1960s and was a founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement.
The Derry woman was a leader of the Irish feminist movement in the late 1960s and was a founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement in 1970.this morning, fellow IWLM founder Mary Kenny said McCafferty was an “absolutely brilliant speaker” who was “at the level of James Connolly”.
“She was an absolutely brilliant speaker. To see her at the Mansion House, I remember, she was at the level of James Connolly.“She was also a brilliant writer; she was a wonderful journalist and great fun. That was the thing about Nell, she had a marvellous sense of humour. Our work today benefits from her bravery and strength Women for Election extend our deepest sympathies to all her family and friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanamIn 1971 McCafferty travelled to Belfast with other members of the IWLM to protest the ban on the importation and sale of contraceptives into the Republic.
“It was very high spirited in that sense; it wasn’t at all downbeat or gloomy so that was very much part of the atmosphere.”
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