HC
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Irish suffragist and trade unionist
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
1 January 1890
Death:
1 January 1963
The details
Biography
Helen Chenevix (1890–1963) was an Irish suffragist and trade unionist.
Possibly a descendent of the Irish chemist Richard Chenevix, 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.
Chenevix was also elected to Dublin Corporation, and twice served as acting Lord Mayor of Dublin (in 1942 and 1950). 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 Freedomand the Irish Pacifist Movement.