Feminism and the Feminist Press

This chapter provides a review of existing literature on the shifting representations of feminist activism in the press from the 1900s to 2017, as well as a discussion of the ways feminists have created their own print materials to agitate for social change. The chapter also provides two original case studies, including how militant Irish suffrage campaigners were represented in the Irish press for protesting the 1912 Home Rule Bill, and how the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement was represented in six Irish newspapers from 1970-1982. Overall, the chapter identifies a gap in research particularly around Irish feminists and the press, who were active, but less studied compared to their British counterparts.