Alice Glenn

Alice Glenn (* December 17, 1927 as Alice Duffy, † 16 December, 2011 Dalkey, County Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown ) was an Irish politician (Fine Gael ).

Life

Glenn's political career began in 1974 when she was elected to the Dublin Corporation, should they belong to 1991. There she was a member of the Dublin Port and Docks Board was the first woman.

After two unsuccessful attempts in 1973 and 1977, Glenn was the first time in 1981 for Fine Gael in the Dublin Central constituency elected to the 22th Dáil Éireann. In the elections in February 1982, she could not defend her seat. In November of the same year elections for the 24th Dáil Éireann were necessary, she ran again and this time successfully, for their party in the constituency of Dublin Central. In the elections of 1987, in which Glenn ran as independents, she could not defend her seat.

When deputies she fell during the reign of Garret FitzGerald with just that in conflict, as this enacted a series of laws to liberalize the Irish law in the area of ​​abortion, divorce and contraception. Among other things, Glenn called on her party colleagues to vote against the text of the draft prepared by the government Abortion referendum.

Its most famous quote "You must agree - a woman voting for divorce is like a turkey voting for Christmas" she said in 1986 in the run-up to the divorce referendum.

Alice Glenn was with Brigadier - General William Glenn, the Supreme Commander of the Irish Air Corps, married. The marriage produced two sons were born. She was a member of the pro-life movement and the Irish Housewives ' Association.

The last six years of her life she spent at Our Lady 's Manor Nursing Home, a nursing home in Bulloch Castle in Dalkey, County Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown. She was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.