Annie Furuhjelm (1859 - 1937)
Short name | Annie Furuhjelm |
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VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/14261374/ |
First name | Annie |
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Date of birth | 1859 |
Date of death | 1937 |
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Sex | Female |
Place of birth | Sitka |
Place of death | Hyvinkää |
Lived in | Finland , Germany , United States |
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Provisional Notes | Annie Furuhjelm was a women's activist, critic, speaker, journalist, writer and Member of the Parliament. She was also a teacher and a nurse, who founded a school, orphanages, school kitchens and textile mills. Furujelm worked as the wice-chairman and later chairman of The Finnish Women's Association Unioni and as a chairman of The Swedish Women's association in Finland. Furuhjelm worked enormously for women's right to vote. JWfeb24 Annie Furuhjelm was born in Satka, Alaska. Her father was a navy officer and governor of Alaska and her mother was Swedish-Scottish Anna von Schoultz who lived in Helsinki. The family lived in Satka until Annie was 10 - at that time mother moved with children to Germany where the children were able to go to school. Later Annie was a suffragette and a member of parliament in Finland. Annie's knowledge of languages was very wide: French, German, Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian. JWmar14 |
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Education | Other, School education, Educated at home |
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Memberships | Naisasialiitto Unioni |
Place(s) of Residence | Finland , Germany , United States |
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