Irena Káňová

Irena Káňová
Irena Káňová
	Káňová c. 1920
Member of the Revolutionary National Assembly
	In office; 5 December 1919 – 15 April 1920
Preceded by	Alice Masaryková
Personal details
Born	5 April 1893; Banská Štiavnica, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 April 1963 (aged 70); Žiar nad Hronom, Czechoslovakia
Political party	MSZDP (1917); ČSDSD (c. 1919–1921); KSČ (after 1921); KSS (after c. 1945);
Spouse	Ján Kaňa
Children	3

Irena Káňová (5 April 1893 – 8 April 1963) was a Slovak politician who served in the Revolutionary National Assembly of Czechoslovakia from 1919 until 1920 as a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party. She was the only Slovak woman to serve in the Czechoslovak parliament during the entire Interwar period. Following her tenure, Káňová joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and organized labor strikes. She was a member of the Slovak resistance during World War II.

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