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词条 Nora Bennis
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  1. Early and personal life

  2. Early activism

  3. 2010s

  4. Death

  5. References

Nora Bennis (11 November 1940 – 11 February 2019)[1][2] was an Irish housewife and political activist from Limerick, who was a prominent advocate of traditional Catholic family values in the 1990s.[2]

Early and personal life

Bennis was born Nora Shinners, the daughter of Paul Shinners, a veteran of the Easter Rising and Fianna Fáil supporter who emigrated to England and returned to Limerick after marrying Margaret, with whom he had five children.[2] Aged 22, Nora married Gerry Bennis, who worked for Telecom Éireann and was prominent in Limerick GAA;[2] his brothers Richie and Phil both won a 1973 All-Ireland hurling medal.[3] Nora and Gerry had three daughters (Gráinne, Aéidín and Muirne) and an adopted son (Rory).[2] She taught Irish dance.[4]

Early activism

Bennis began her activism after going to a 1990 conference in Brighton hoping to hear Mother Teresa, who did not attend.[2] She was impressed by speakers who criticised the "liberal agenda".[2] After the 1992 X case reopened Ireland's abortion debate, she started Women Working at Home and the Irish Mothers Working at Home Association, as a support network for housewives who felt isolated or ignored.[2][5] She criticised the Department of Education's sex education program as being values-free,[6] and its "Stay Safe" program of child sexual abuse awareness as undermining parental authority.[7]

In 1994 she became leader of the Solidarity Movement, an alliance of independent political candidates linked to the Family Solidarity pressure-group.[2] She stood as an independent in Munster in the 1994 European Parliament election, getting 5% of the first-preference vote.[8] This unexpectedly strong showing increased her media profile.[2] In 1995 the Solidarity Movement was part of the "No to Divorce" campaign, one of two coalitions which opposed the successful 1995 referendum to introduce divorce.[2] After the referendum, she founded the National Party, which was anti-abortion and proposed a £100 allowance for non-working mothers.[4] She stood for the party in Limerick East in the general elections of 1997 and 2002 and the 1998 by-election, receiving progressively fewer votes.[8]

2010s

Bennis was spokesperson for Catholic Democrats (previously named National Party and the Christian Democrats) and secretary of Mothers Alliance Ireland; both groups opposed the 2012 children's rights amendment.[9][10][11] She formed a group called Alliance of Parents Against the State, intended to co-ordinate opposition to the amendment.[12] She claimed the amendment would put children "in grave danger of being legally snatched by the State".[13]

Bennis was one of three substitutes for Catholic Democrats candidate Theresa Heaney in the South constituency in the 2014 European elections.[14] She was a candidate in the 2016 General Election in the Limerick City constituency, where she failed to be elected, receving 1.4% of the first-preference vote.[15][16][17]

Death

Bennis died in Limerick on 11 February 2019, aged 78.[18]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/1997/0526/97052600037.html|title=You know who I am, and what I stand for|date=26 May 1997|work=The Irish Times|quote=You can tell by the smile lines around her 56 year old eyes.|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news |last=Cummins|first=Mary|title=Seeking the return of Dev's dream |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=21 September 1995 |page=13 |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1995/0921/Pg013.html#Ar01301}}; reprinted in * {{cite book |last=Cummins |first=Mary |title=The best of About women |date=1996-10-01 |publisher=Marino |isbn=9781860230479 |pages=119–123}}* {{cite book |last1=Deane |first1=Seamus |last2=Carpenter |first2=Andrew |last3=Williams |first3=Jonathan |title=Irish women's writing and traditions |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ6W1LiIyYYC&pg=PA277 |accessdate=9 November 2012 |series=The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing |volume=Vol.5 |year=2002 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814799079 |pages=277–9}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/limerick-hurling-fan-dies-of-cancer-on-death-row-40175.html|title=Limerick hurling fan dies of cancer on death row|last=Woulfe|first=Jimmy|date=17 August 2007|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=10 July 2015 |quote=Nora Bennis, who is married to Richie Bennis’s brother, Gerry}}
4. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rainbow-coalition-narrows-gap-in-runup-to-irish-poll-1263706.html|title='Rainbow' coalition narrows gap in run-up to Irish poll|last=Murdoch|first=Alan|date=27 May 1997|work=The Independent|accessdate=9 November 2012|location=London}}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Finola|title=Cottage to crèche: family change in Ireland|year=2001|publisher=Institute of Public Administration|isbn=9781902448589}}
6. ^{{cite book|last=Inglis|first=Tom|title=Lessons in Irish sexuality|date=1999-01-01|publisher=University College Dublin Press|isbn=9781900621168|page=117}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1994/0706/Pg004.html#Ar00401|title=Bennis leads national Solidarity campaign for family values|date=6 July 1994|work=The Irish Times|page=4|accessdate=14 November 2012}}{{Subscription required}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4190|title=Nora Bennis|last=Took|first=Christopher|author2=Seán Donnelly |work=electionsireland|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1106/1224326180040.html|title=No campaign bemoans lack of time and resources -|last=Griffin|first=Dan|date=6 November 2012|work=The Irish Times|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/neitherseennorheard-campaign-is-not-giving-up-3281708.html|title=Neither-seen-nor-heard campaign is not giving up|last=Reilly|first=Jerome|date=4 November 2012|work=Sunday Independent|accessdate=9 November 2012|location=Dublin}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1030/1224325896212.html|title=Who opposes children's referendum?|last=Minihan|first=Mary|date=30 October 2012|work=The Irish Times|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1017/1224325340984.html|title=Yes campaign in pole position to carry proposal but turnout concerns persist|last=Collins|first=Stephen|date=17 October 2012|work=The Irish Times|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/letters/why-i-will-vote-no-in-childrens-referendum-212698.html|title=Why I will vote no in children’s referendum|last=Bennis|first=Nora|date=2 November 2012|work=Irish Examiner|accessdate=9 November 2012}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.corkcityreturningofficer.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=53|title=EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2014 SOUTH CONSTITUENCY NOTICE OF POLL|year=2014|work=Office of the Returning Officer|publisher=City Sheriff's Office|accessdate=6 May 2014|location=Cork}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicdemocrats.ie/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-05-19 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519224559/http://www.catholicdemocrats.ie/ |archivedate=2014-05-19 |df= }}
16. ^http://irishelectionliterature.com/2016/02/23/leaflet-from-nora-bennis-catholic-democrats-limerick-city-ge16/
17. ^http://www.rte.ie/news/election-2016/constituencies/limerick-city/
18. ^1 {{cite news |url= https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2019/0211/1028977-campaigner-nora-bennis-dies-in-limerick-aged-78/ |title= Campaigner Nora Bennis dies in Limerick aged 78 |work= RTÉ |author= Cathy Halloran |date= 11 February 2019 |accessdate= 2 March 2019}}
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