Miina Sillanpää
Miina Sillanpää (born June 4, 1866 in Jokioinen , † April 3, 1952 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish politician.
The daughter of a small farmer's family worked in a cotton mill from the age of 12 before she got a job as a maid at the age of 18 . She was active in the Finnish Social Democratic Party and in 1907 was one of the 19 women who entered the first Finnish parliament after the abolition of the State Council . She was a member of parliament until 1947. In 1926 she was the second minister for social affairs for a year under Prime Minister Väinö Tanner , making her the first female cabinet minister in Finland.
Sillanpää held various functions during her political career. She chaired the social democratic women's association, was a member of the party executive committee and was a city councilor in the local parliament of Helsinki. She was considered a bridge builder. She managed to bring parties with opposing viewpoints together. Already during the civil war she sat down u. a. for orphans . She later played an active role in promoting social issues such as better working conditions for domestic workers and other workers, and shelter for orphans and unmarried mothers. For the former Finnish President Tarja Halonen , Sillanpää is one of the mothers of the Finnish welfare state .
literature
- Klaus Reichel: You went ahead , DIE ZEIT, Zeitlaufte, March 8, 2007 No. 11, p. 88.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cord, DJ: How Finland found a way to reconciliation after the civil war in 1918, this is finland May 18, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sillanpää, Miina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish politician, member of the Reichstag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jokioinen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1952 |
| Place of death | Helsinki |