Miina Sillanpää [SEP] place of death
Miina Sillanpää
Miina Sillanpää (originally Vilhelmiina Riktig, 4 June 1866 in Jokioinen – 3 April 1952 in Helsinki) 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 day in honour of Sillanpää. She was involved in the preparation of Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act.
Life.
Sillanpää was born during the famine years to peasants Juho and Leena (née Roth) Riktig, who had nine children. She started her
Tammi 1947)
- Martta Salmela-Järvinen: "Miina Sillanpää, legenda jo eläessään." (WSOY-Porvoo 1973)
- "Miina Sillanpään bibliografia." (Publications of the Miina Sillanpää foundation A:1. Vammalan Kirjapaina 1989)