Anita Georgina Edith Lett was an Irish activist who founded the Irish Countrywomen's Association, originally known as the United Irishwomen.
10 Facts About Anita Lett
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Anita Lett's son died in a flying boat accident on 15 Feb 1935.
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Anita Lett was a believer that the government was not the best organisation to take control of issues like the feeding of children in school.
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Anita Lett believed, as did the organisation she helped to create, that a woman's place was in activism and the public sphere especially in areas like the Poor Law Guardians and local elected officials responsible for women's work and children's welfare.
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At the first meeting Anita Lett discussed the importance of healthcare, education, fashion, horticulture, the rearing of children and the dullness of rural Ireland.
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Anita Lett was intent on women developing the role of women and the formation of a strong Irish identity.
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Anita Lett married Harold Lett in Enniscorthy on 27 April 1909.
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Anita Lett had a daughter, Anita, on 22 January 1910 with her second husband.
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Harold Anita Lett was the chairman of the local board of Guardians and a staunch loyalist.
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Anita Lett died in 1940 of cirrhosis of the liver two years after her husband.