Irene Parlby

Standard Name: Parlby, Irene

Connections

Connections Sort descending	Author name	Excerpt
Family and Intimate relationships	Florence Marryat	FM 's niece Irene Marryat Parlby (daughter of her brother Edward) married an Oxford-educated rancher in Alberta, Canada, and became one of the Famous Five women who precipitated the Persons Case decision of the House of Lords
Friends, Associates	Emmeline Pankhurst	EP developed important ties in Canada. Her personal influence was acknowledged by every one of the famous five (Emily Murphy , Henrietta Muir Edwards , Louise McKinney , Irene Parlby , and Nellie McClung

Timeline

24 March to 19 November 1921

Mary Ellen Smith 's brief term as Minister without Portfolio in the government of British Columbia, Canada, made her the first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire.

Cavanaugh, Catherine. “The Persons Case, 75 years Later”. Legacy, 1 Dec.–28 Feb. 2004, pp. 22-5.

18 October 1929

The Judicial Committee of the Imperial Privy Council ruled in the Persons Case that women were eligible to sit in the Canadian Senate .

Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.

II: 511

White, Anne. “Persons Case: A Struggle for Legal Definition & Personhood”. Alberta History, Vol.

, No. 3, 1 June 1999– 2024, pp. 2-9.

2-9

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