Lucina Hagman

Lucina Hagman (born June 5, 1853;[1] died 1946) was an early Finnish feminist and among the first female MPs in the world due to the Finnish parliamentary election, 1907.

Life and career

Her father served as police chief in rural Kälviä. She became a teacher and Jean Sibelius might be the most famous individuals to study at her school.[2] She became active in women's causes serving in Parliament from 1907 to 1917. Lucina Hagman also founded the Martha organisation, served as the first chair of Unioni, The League of Finnish Feminists,[3] and was active in the peace movement.[4] She also wrote a biography of Fredrika Bremer.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Selected Articles on Woman Suffrage. H.W. Wilson. 1910. p. 113.
  2. ↑ Andrew Barnett (2007). Sibelius. Yale University Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-300-11159-2.
  3. ↑ Jyväskylä University Museum
  4. ↑ Peter Brock; Thomas Paul Socknat (1999). Challenge to Mars: Essays on Pacifism from 1918 to 1945. University of Toronto Press. pp. 46–. ISBN 978-0-8020-4371-9.
  5. ↑ Päivi Lappalainen; Lea Rojola (2007). Women's voices: female authors and feminist criticism in the Finnish literary tradition. Finnish Literature Society. p. 8. ISBN 978-951-746-760-5.
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