Marie Johnson (suffragist)

Marie Annie Johnson (née Tregay; 24 December 1874 – 12 July 1974), was an Irish trade unionist, suffragist and teacher.

Her father was James Tregay, a miner, who was blinded as a young man and ended up becoming a basket weaver.

Johnson was educated in Whitelands College in Chelsea, London, qualifying in 1894 as a teacher.

When Carney stood for election as a Sinn Féin candidate, Johnson was part of her campaign executive.

[9][10][1] She died in a home in Howth, Co. Dublin, but not before she created an account of her connection with the suffrage movement, which is housed in the National Library.