Despard spend a lot of time in Frenchpark, County Roscommon, where her father was born, and here she formed the Irish Women's Franchise League.
Despard spend a lot of time in Frenchpark, County Roscommon, where her father was born. In 1908 she joined with Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins to form the Irish Women's Franchise League.