About Adelaïde Ehrnrooth
Lived 1826 – 1905 (aged 78–79). Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was a Finnish writer, editor and women's rights activist.
Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (17 January 1826 – 31 May 1905) was a Finnish feminist and writer. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born in Nastola, one of the 16 children of an aristocratic family. She was born to Gustaf Adolf Ehrnrooth, a hero of the Finnish War. John Casimir Ehrnrooth was her brother. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth never married, and dedicated her life to helping the women and the poor.
She was the founder of the Finnish Women's Association, the first society for women's suffrage in Finland. She was also active in the Naisasialiitto Unioni (The Finnish Women´s Association Unioni) in 1884 and the years after 1892 until her death in Helsinki. Helena Westermarck called her "Finland's first woman journalist".
Adelaïde Ehrnrooth proposed voting rights for women in 1869.
Legacy Ehrnrooth's life was documented by biographer Helena Westermarck in Adelaïde Ehrnrooth.
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Who was Adelaïde Ehrnrooth?
Finnish writer, editor (1826-1905)
When was Adelaïde Ehrnrooth born?
Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born on 17 January 1826 in Nastola.
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Adelaïde Ehrnrooth died in 1905 in Helsinki.
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Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was a writer, editor and women's rights activist.
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Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was Finnish.
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