Catalogue description Sheehy-Skeffington, Mrs André

Daughter-in-law of Mrs Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington, whose personality she begins by describing. Her relationship with her son (Mrs A Sheehy-Skeffington's husband). His education and family religious background. His career. His mother's recreational tastes and relationship with her daughter-in-law. Her concealment of her emotions. Her relationship to Irish nationalism. Republicanism after 1916 took priority over her feminism. Her hostility to De Valera's policy towards women. Her religious views. Her attitude to men. Her enthusiasm for theatre and cinema. Her stoic approach to life. Her attitude to property and housework. Her financial circumstances. Her sisters Mrs Tom Kettle, Mrs Cruise O'Brien. Her attitude to old age. Her attitudes to drink, vivisection and smoking. Her appearance and clothing. Her private support for birth control. Gaoled in 1933 for crossing into Ulster to address a meeting. Excited by what she saw on visit to Russia in 1929. Influence on her of her uncle Father Eugene Sheehy, a Fenian priest. Her control over her emotions. Her liking for travel.