Helena Molony | |
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Secretary of the Irish Women Workers' Union | |
In office 1915–1917 | |
Preceded by | Delia Larkin |
Succeeded by | Louie Bennett |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 Coles Lane, Dublin City | 15 January 1883
Died | 29 January 1967 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 84)
Nationality | Irish |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Cumann na mBan |
Battles/wars | Easter Rising |
Helena Mary Molony (15 January 1883 – 29 January 1967) was a prominent Irish republican, feminist and labour activist.[1] She fought in the 1916 Easter Rising and later became the second woman president of the Irish Trades Union Congress.[2]