Elsa Matilda Heporauta (1883 - 1960)

Short name Elsa Matilda Heporauta
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First name Elsa Matilda
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Alternative name Elsa Hästesko , Elsa Koponen
Date of birth 1883
Date of death 1960
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Place of birth Finland
Place of death Finland
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Related to Hilda Käkikoski
Bibliography Mentioned in Suomalainen kirjallisuus 1906-1910
Provisional Notes Elsa Heporauta was a popular and productive writer later in her life. Her home was not upper class, but she had the chance to go to university and to the teacher's seminar. After that she worked as a teacher in a folk high school. In that school she met her husband, nobleman Frans Akseli Hästesko (later Heporauta). Elsa Heporauta founded an important women's organization, Kalevalaisten naisten liitto (association for Kalevala's women). JWjul14
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Education School education, Other, Higher education
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Place(s) of Residence Finland
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