The Road to the Vote Part 2 by UCC98.3FM published on 2017-03-28T10:51:34Z Programme 2 focuses on the ‘genteel’ suffragist, Anna Haslam, née, Anna Fisher, a Quaker woman originally from Youghal co, Cork and her pacifist husband, Thomas Haslam- both committed to universal justice and human rights. Areas of discussion include the concept of Philanthropy, the controversial Contagious Diseases Acts in 1864 and its consequences for women, as well as the efforts of Haslam to opt for a more pacifist form of suffragism.
