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Miina Sillanpää

Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)

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Born
June 4, 1866
Died
April 3, 1952
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1866

About Miina Sillanpää

Miina Sillanpää was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926–1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of Sillanpää. She was involved in the preparation of Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act. During this time in 1906 Finland became the first European country to allow all women to vote and the first country in the world to allow women to run for office. In 1907 she became one of the first 19 women in Finland to be elected to parliament, effectively the first 19 elected women parliamentarian in the world.

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Miina Sillanpää timeline

  1. During this time in 1906 Finland became the first European country to allow all women to vote and the first country in the world to allow women to run for office.
  2. In 1907 she became one of the first 19 women in Finland to be elected to parliament, effectively the first 19 elected women parliamentarian in the world.
  3. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of Sillanpää.

The world when Miina Sillanpää was born

Miina Sillanpää was born in 1866. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1866

  • Best-selling bookCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction era begins in the South
  • Technology milestoneTransatlantic telegraph cable successfully laid
  • World population~1.46B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.0M

1866 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Miina Sillanpää's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18662026
Population34.0M341 million

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