But that was before the Soviet delegate said a repeal movement would just cause trouble and "we have no need for this kind of thing."
The Act ceased to operate in 1903 in the face of repeal movements.
Practically all of them felt it was impossible to back the repeal movement publicly for fear that involvement would jeopardize their own campaigns.
Nowhere more than in the repeal movement was the link between philanthropic work and an emergent feminist discourse more clearly visible.
The feminist repeal movement was highly successful in challenging the gendered power relations inscribed within medical interventionism.
Her origins were similar to those of many leading figures in the repeal movement.
In 1894 the Ladies' National Association, veterans of the repeal movement, mounted a campaign to amend the 1885 act to criminalize incest.
During the early 1840s, the younger members of the repeal movement became impatient with O'Connell's over-cautious policies, and began to question his intentions.
With the spreading violence, emerging patterns of binge drinking, disrespect for the law, and other serious problems, women led the repeal movement to protect their families.