Furuhjelm, Annie (1859 - 1937)
| Short name | Furuhjelm, Annie |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/14261374/ |
| First name | Annie |
| Birth name | Furuhjelm |
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| Date of birth | 1859 |
| Date of death | 1937 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Sitka |
| Place of death | Hyvinkää |
| Lived in | Finland , Germany , United States |
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| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | Educated at home, Other, School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
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| Memberships | Naisasialiitto Unioni |
| Place(s) of Residence | Finland , Germany , United States |
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| Kvinnorna och lantdagsvalen (1910) | 0 | 0 |
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| Ernst Ovesén, portrait of Annie Furuhjelm, 1929. | 1929 | is portrait of |
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