Mimmi Kanervo

Mimmi Kanervo (26 May 1870 – 1 April 1922) was a Finnish politician and trade unionist. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs, remaining in parliament until 1917.

Biography Kanervo was born in Urjala in 1870. She worked as a servant in the countryside and Turku, She joined the Social Democratic Party and was a member of the Federal Committee of the party's Women's League. In 1905 she was a member of the committee that organised a general strike. She died in Helsinki in April 1922, and was buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery.