"The suffragette boycott of the 1911 census led to the absence of many leading female campaigners, including Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, who chose to protest their invisibility at the ballot box."
"Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington's absence from the 1911 census, while her husband was recorded, underscores the gender disparities in representation and visibility during this transformative period in Ireland."
The 1911 and 1926 census returns in Ireland reveal significant changes, particularly regarding the absence of prominent suffragette Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, who boycotted the earlier census. Many leading female campaigners chose to remain invisible in the census as a protest against their lack of representation at the ballot box. In contrast, her husband, Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, was recorded in the 1911 census, highlighting the gender disparities in visibility and representation during this period.
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