When were women declared persons?

in the summer we visited Ottawa, and saw a lovely sculpture of some famous women. I knew some of the details, and some of the names, but I thought I'd learn the whole story today.

It's hard to imagine now, but up until 1929 women weren't considered "persons" in Canada - that feels like such a short time ago!  It's even harder to imagine that the first time the matter was brought before the court (in 1927) the case was denied, and only pushed forward because of some very  strong women: Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louse McKinney and Henrietta Muir Edwards.

It's staggering to think that women couldn't vote across most of Canada until 1919, and 1940 if they lived in Quebec. Widows and unmarried women could vote in municipal elections in Ontario in 1884 - which meant it was better to have no husband, politically. I just shake my head, and wonder what would have happened without "the famous five".