Alice Glenn (born December 17, 1927) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

Alice Glenn was born in Dublin in 1927. She was educated locally before attending the Haslem School of Dress Designing. She subsequently worked as a dress-maker. Glenn first became involved in politics when she contested the 1973 general election as a Fine Gael candidate. She failed on that occasion but was elected to Dublin City Council in 1974. She failed again in 1977 to be elected to Dáil Éireann. Glenn was eventually elected on her third attempt at the 1981 general election. She lost her seat eight months in the first general election of 1982. She regained her seat in the second election in November 1982. Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... The Irish general election of 1973 was held on February 28, 1973. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin Corporation is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between the twelfth century and 1 January 2002. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Dáil Chamber Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1981 was held on June 11, 1981, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 21. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Glenn achieved early party notoriety when in 1983 he was one of eight Fine Gael TDs to defy the party and vote against the Fine Gael-Labour coalition's proposed wording to the Pro-Life constitutional amendment on abortion. Whereas the government's wording included a negative prohibition, namely that nothing in the constitution should be interpreted as granting a right to abortion, Glenn, along with Joe Doyle and other colleagues endorses the Fianna Fáil alternative wording that granted a "right to life to the unborn, with due regard to the equal right of the mother". Glenn was famously quoted as saying that women voting against this amendment would be like "turkeys voting in favour of Christmas." 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fine Gael (IPA , though often mispronounced (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Pro-Life advocates make a silent complaint in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Pro-life is a term used in English-speaking countries to refer to opposition to various bioethics issues such as euthanasia, human cloning and embryonic human stem-cell research, but most commonly (especially... Joe Doyle is a member of Dublin City Council and a former Lord Mayor of Dublin. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Ireland, but traditionally translated as Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...

Glenn fought the 1987 general election as an Independent candidate but failed to be elected. She subsequently retired from politics. The Irish general election of 1987 was held on February 17, 1987, four weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on January 20. ...