Echoes of Past Pioneers - Helen Chenevix
This fascinating episode of Airbrushed, a podcast from Hot Press, features the story of Alex alumna Helen Chenevix, a prominent Irish revolutionary, suffragist, and trade unionist who co-founded the Irish Women Suffrage Federation and the Irish Women's Workers Union, significantly impacting women's rights and labour movements in Ireland. Alongside her partner Louie Bennett, she dedicated over thirty years to public activism, leading initiatives such as the 1945 laundries strikes.