Suffragist and teacher Kathleen Cruise O'Brien died #OTD in 1938. With sister Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, founder member IWFL. United Irish League. Teacher at Rathmines Tech. Wrote Irish language textbooks, plays performed in Abbey. Mother of Conor Cruise O'Brien
#IrishWomensHistory Kathleen, Hanna and Mary Sheehy with Meg Connery attending court martial of soldier who killed Hanna's husband Francis Sheehy Skeffington. June 1916. Bains News Service. Library of Congress.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Cruise_O'Brien
@TheWildGees I wouldn't fancy getting in an argument with those four! The strength and defiance jumps off the photo.