Furuhjelm, Annie (1859 - 1937)

Short name Furuhjelm, Annie
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First name Annie
Birth name Furuhjelm
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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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Education Educated at home, Other, School education
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Furuhjelm, Annie was ...
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Memberships Naisasialiitto Unioni
Place(s) of Residence Finland , Germany , United States
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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