Finding aid databases

Dáilquestion placed by M O'Leary to J Brennan enquiring about the progress which had been made towards the implementation of equal pay for equal work. Includes response from J Brennan.

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Dail question

Article by June Levine entitled 'Almost afraid of freedom' which suggests that Irish women do not know 'what they want' and 'when they get it will they know how to handle it'. Suggests that Irish society will have to be educated to an 'awareness of every member of a nation having equal human rights and status'. Concludes that 'A feminine dignified non-militant approach will suit Irish women best'.

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June Levine

Irish Independent

Letter from Miss Sinead Sheehan to J Lynch, congratulating him on his article in the Sunday Press. She asserts that 'women now must try and keep themselves and keep their homes as well'!

Status of Women International Conventions Equal Pay for Equal Work

equal rights

Letter from Monica McEnroy, 'Woman's Way' magazine, to the Secretary, Department of the Taoiseach, attaching a series of questions concerning the memorandum sent to the Taoiseach by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women.

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Letter

Letter from R O'Foghlu to Miss Monica McEnroy, 'Woman's Way' magazine, answering a series of questions put to him in connection with the establishment of the commission on the status of women.

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Letter

Transcript of a press conference held by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women welcoming the establishment of the commission to examine the status of women in Irish society and forwarding a series of points which they feel should be examined by the Commission.

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speech

Letter from Mrs Kathleen M Gleeson, expressing an interest in being appointed as a member of the Commission to examine the status of women in Ireland. In the letter she outlines her qualifications and her background as an Instructor in Poultrykeeping and Dairying and Farm Home Management Advisor.

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Letter

Article entitled 'Twentieth century status for Twentieth century women'. Includes a photograph of the women on the Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women. The article casts doubt upon the useful of a commission to solve the question of women's position in Irish society and questions some of the aims of the Ad Hoc Committee.

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newspaper clipping

equal rights

Letter to Mrs Weekes, Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women from J Lynch, regarding the terms of reference of the proposed commission and its personnel.

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Letter

Letter from Mrs Mairin Hope, Hon. Secretary, Civics Institute of Ireland, to J Lynch, forwarding a memorandum on the registration of day nurseries , in connection with the proposed Commission on the Status of Women.

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Letter