Hilma Räsänen

Hilma Sohvi Räsänen (28 March 1877 – 20 January 1955) was a Finnish educator and politician. A member of the Agrarian League, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs. She remained an MP until the following year.

Hilma Räsänen
Member of Parliament
In office
1907–1908
ConstituencyEast Vyborg
Personal details
Born28 March 1877
Kuopio, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died20 January 1955(1955-01-20) (aged 77)
Vihti, Finland
Political partyAgrarian League

Biography

Räsänen was born in Kuopio in 1877.[1] Between 1900 and 1907 she worked as a primary school teacher in Sippola, Kuopion maalaiskunta, Jämsä and Viipuri Province.[1] She was also a speaker for the Temperance movement and the Naisasialiitto Unioni.[2]

She contested the 1907 elections on the Agrarian League's list in East Vyborg and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. However, she lost her seat in the 1908 elections.[1] During her time in parliament she sat on the Grand Committee.[1]

After leaving parliament, she worked as a primary school teacher in Helsinki between 1908 and 1917, after which she became a writer. She also managed a women's rest home in Askola. She died in Vihti in 1955.[1]

References
  1. Hilma Räsänen Parliament of Finland
  2. The first women Members of Parliament in Finland, 1907-1908 University of Helsinki
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