Vera Poska-Grünthal

Vera Poska-Grünthal (1898–1986) was a leading Estonian feminist.[1] She was one of the founders of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and through advocacy, law reform, research and publications.[1][2] She also founded the Estonian language journal Triinu in Sweden in 1952, serving as its editor until 1981.[1]

Further reading
  • Vera Poska-Grünthal, in: A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe 19th and 20th Centuries. Budapest, New York: CEU Press. S. 450-454, by Sirje Tamul.
  • Jaan Poska tütar jutustab. Mälestusi oma isast ja elust vanemate kodus by Vera Poska-Grünthal and Jaan Poska (1969)
  • See oli Eestis 1919-1944 by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1975)
  • Elu jätkub võõrsil by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1985)[3][4]

References
  1. de Haan, Francisca; Krasimira Daskalova; Anna Loutfi (2006). Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries. Central European University Press. pp. 450–453. ISBN 978-963-7326-39-4.
  2. "International Federation of Women Lawyers". Global Hand. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  3. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no90-789/
  4. "Amazon.co.uk: Vera Poska-Grünthal: Books". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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