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Thomas Mohr: "The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1935 provided that the citizenship of children born outside the State could only be transmitted through the father. In 1935 De Valera believed that equal treatment in this area would lead to “confusion”.

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Senator Jennie Wyse Power: "These young girls kept constantly assuring me: ‘When our own men are in power, we shall have equal rights’. They believed that. It may have been due to their lack of experience, but it was part of their faith. I do not know how they feel now.” (1935)

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