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Helen Chenevix (1890–1963) was an Irish suffragist and trade unionist. Possibly a descendent of the Irish chemist Richard Chenevix,〔Linde Lunney. "Chenevix, Richard". Dictionary of Irish Biography. (ed.) James McGuire, James Quinn. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (http://dib.cambridge.org.ezproxy.londonlibrary.co.uk/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a1633)〕〔http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/9f314b0580716〕〔Frances Clarke. "Chenevix, Helen Sophia". Dictionary of Irish Biography. (ed.) James McGuire, James Quinn. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2009. (http://dib.cambridge.org.ezproxy.londonlibrary.co.uk/quicksearch.do;jsessionid=1ACD40C7A2BCA689F3A5B74724D4ADF0#)〕 she studied at Alexandra College and then Trinity College Dublin. In 1911, she worked with Louie Bennett to form the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation. The two later founded the Irish Women Workers' Union.〔Angela Bourke, ''The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing'', Vol.5, p.566〕 Chenevix was also elected to Dublin Corporation, and twice served as acting Lord Mayor of Dublin (in 1942 and 1950).〔Kit and Cyril Ó Céirín, ''Women of Ireland: a Biographic Dictionary'', p.41〕 In 1951, she served as President of the Irish Trades Union Congress, and from 1955 she was Secretary of the Women Workers' Union. She was also active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 〔 Mary Jones, ''These obstreperous lassies: a history of the IWWU''. Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1988. (p. 22)〕 and the Irish Pacifist Movement.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen Chenevix」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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