Marilyn Taylor Biography – Marilyn Taylor Wiki
Marilyn Taylor born Marilyn Fisher is the author of numerous books for young people. She is also known as the wife of the late Mervyn Taylor who was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Equality and Law Reform from 1993 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1997 and Minister for Labour in January 1993. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1981 to 1997. He was the first-ever cabinet minister in Ireland who was Jewish.
In 1995her husband was in charge of the government proposal to legislate to remove the prohibition of divorce from the constitution; he steered the relevant bills through Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann and won the subsequent referendum by the narrow margin of 0.5 per cent. In the course of the campaign, he survived criticism of the measure directed at his Jewish faith, as well as a Supreme Court ruling that public monies could not properly be spent in promoting the government’s opinion on a referendum proposal.
His other major project was the introduction of two wide-ranging anti-discrimination measures, the Employment Equality Bill and the Equal Status Bill. These were struck down by the Supreme Court but revised versions were approved by the Government in the final months of Taylor’s term of office, and were ultimately published and enacted during the following Dáil term.
Legislation introduced by Taylor and enacted during his term of office included; the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993 – providing for gender-inclusive language in Acts of the Oireachtas, and the Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act 1995, which provided for divorce in the Constitution.
Marilyn Taylor Age
Her age is undisclosed. However her late husband, Mervyn was born on December 28, 1931, in Dublin, Ireland and died on September 23, 2021 He was 89.
Marilyn Taylor Husband
In 1962, she married her late husband Mervyn Taylor who was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Equality and Law Reform from 1993 to 1994 and from 1994 to 1997 and Minister for Labour in January 1993. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-West constituency from 1981 to 1997. He was the first-ever cabinet minister in Ireland who was Jewish.
Taylor died from cancer on September 23, 2021, aged 89. Tributes to Taylor were led by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, describing him as “one of the most gracious, unselfish and kindest members ever to serve in the Dáil”
Marilyn Taylor Children
With her husband, they had two sons and a daughter named Adam, Gideon and Maryanne and eight grandchildren.
