Helena Molony
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Helena Mary Molony was an Irish republican, feminist and labour activist. She fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and later became the second woman president of the Irish Trades Union Congress.
Molony, circa 1940s
Kathleen Lynn
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Kathleen Florence Lynn was an Irish Sinn Féin politician, political activist and doctor.
Helena Molony
…was to her political work. She was a strong political influence, credited with bringing many into the movement, including Constance Markievicz and Dr Kathleen Lynn, who wrote: ‘We used to have long talks and she converted me to the national movement. She was a very clever and attractive girl with a tremendous power…
Kathleen and Madeleine pictured together in 1919
Lynn (Front row, third from left) as part of Sinn Féin's national executive in 1922
Grave of Kathleen Lynn, Deansgrange cemetery, County Dublin
This photograph from March 1919 shows Lynn and ffrench-Mullen attending a party celebrating the release of Constance Markievicz from prison. Lynn can be seen to the left of centrally placed Markievicz, while ffrench-Mullen is to the left of Lynn, dressed in men's clothes.