Adelaïde Ehrnrooth

Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (1826 in Nastola – 1905 in Helsinki) was a Finnish feminist and writer. Adelaide Ehrnrooth was among 16 children of an aristocratic family.^[1] Adelaide was born to Gustaf Adolf Ehrnrooth, a hero of the Finnish War. John Casimir Ehrnrooth was her brother. Adelaide never married, herself, and dedicated her life to helping the women and the poor.

She was the founder of the Finnish Women’s Association -- the first society for women’s suffrage in Finland. She was also active in the Union Kvinnosaksförening (Women’s Cause Association) in 1884 and the years after 1892, till her death. Helena Westermark called her "Finland's first woman journalist." ^[2]

Adelaïde Ehrnrooth

Adelaide Ehrnrooth proposed voting rights for women in 1869.^[1]

Bibliography

Poetry

• Sagor och minnen (1863)
• Gråsparven (1868)

Novels

• Bilder ur familjekretsarna i Finland (1866; Pictures from Life in Finland)
• Bland fattiga och rika (1887; Among Rich and Poor)
• Dagmar: En hvardaghistoria (1870; Dagmar: An everyday story)
• Tiden går och vi med den ('1878; 'Time Passes and We With It)
• Hvardagslifvets skuggor och dagar (1881; Shadows and lights of everyday life)

Political

• I dagens intressanta samhällsfrågor, röst från en icke röstheråttigad (1882; On interesting social questions of the day: Vote for someone not entitled to vote)

Travel Books

• Två finskors lustvandringar i Europa och Afrika åren 1876-77 och 1884 (1886; Two Finnish women's pleasure trips in Europe and Africe, 1876-77 and 1884)
• Resor i Orenten (1890; Travels in the Orient)

References

1. Suomen kulttuurihistoria , editor in chief Laura Kolbe, Editor in charge Tuula Kousa, Editors Anssi Sinnemäki and Laura Nevanlinna Tammi 2004 page 59
2. Schoolfield, George C. "A History of Finland's Literature", University of Nebraska Press, 1998.