Emily Gurney was a member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association (CUWFA), who lived at 12 Wellington Square, Cheltenham; she was a signatory of the 1912 book presented to Sir James Agg Gardner, in recognition of his support for women's suffrage (Gloucestershire Archives, catalogue reference D5130/6/6).

On the 1901 census she was listed as married, and had no occupation. In 1911 she was a census evader. The census form for 12 Wellington Square shows her husband Walter Gerald Gurney, a solicitor, and two children, a visitor and three servants, but no record for her. Her husband was a solicitor.

She died on 23 December 1949.