A Century of Irish Activism

• October 25, 2017
• 4:00 PM - 5:30 CST
• Piper Hall
• Women's Studies and Gender Studies/Gannon Center
  Women's Studies and Gender Studies, 773.508.7712
• Free
• Faculty, staff, students, and alumni
  Not open to the public.
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  A Century of Irish Activism: My Grandparents and My Own Fight for Gender Equality

  Dr. Sheehy Skeffington's grandparents, Hanna and Francis Sheehy Skeffington, were prominent Irish feminists, nationalists, pacifists, and socialists. After Francis was shot without trial by the British during the Irish 1916 rebellion, Hanna embarked on an 18-month tour of the U.S. to tell the truth about British brutality in Ireland. 100 years later, Micheline is retracing that tour and filming a documentary to honor her grandmother's remarkable and little-remembered achievement.