About Alli Nissinen
Lived 1866 – 1926 (aged 59). Alli Nissinen was a Finnish politician, writer, editor and head teacher.
Alina Augusta Nissinen (26 December 1866 – 11 April 1926) was a Finnish educator and politician. A member of the Young Finnish Party, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs. She remained an MP until 1909.
Biography Nissinen was born in Iisalmi in 1866. After attending a girls' school, she trained to be a teacher.
Nissinen contested the 1907 elections on the Young Finnish Party's list in West Kuopio and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. She was re-elected in 1908, serving until May 1909. During her time in parliament she sat on the Committee on Legal Affairs.
She died in Helsinki in 1926.
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Finnish politician (1866-1926)
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Alli Nissinen was born on 26 December 1866 in Iisalmi.
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Alli Nissinen died on 11 April 1926 in Finland, Helsinki.
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Alli Nissinen was a politician, writer, editor and head teacher.
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