Photo: E. N. Setälä. C. P. Dyrendahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁵

Lucina Hagman

Finnish civil activist

Lucina Hagman (5 June 1853, Kälviä – 6 September 1946, Helsinki) was an early Finnish feminist and among the first female MPs in the world due to the 1907 Finnish parliamentary election.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Lucina Hagman (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jun 5, 1853, died Sep 6, 1946.¹

Companies

Martha OrganizationFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

Date not recordedJyväskylä Teacher Seminary³

Career

Occupation: writer, women's rights activist, teacher, politician.⁸

1917Member of the Parliament of Finland⁶
1907 to 1908Member of the Parliament of Finland^{6 7}
Date not recordedFounded Naisasialiitto Unioni⁴
Date not recordedFounded Martha Organization⁵
Date not recordedRector⁶

Hagman was the daughter of police master Nils Johan Erik Hagman and Margareta Sofia Nordman, a police chief in rural Kälviä. She was the sister of the educator Sofia Hagman and writer Tycho Hagman. She became a teacher, and Jean Sibelius might be the most famous individual to study at her school.

She became active in women's causes, serving in Parliament from 1907 to 1917. Of the 200 MPs elected in 1907, just 19 were women. The successful women included Hagman, Miina Sillanpää, Anni Huotari, Hilja Pärssinen, Hedvig Gebhard, Ida Aalle, Mimmi Kanervo, Eveliina Ala-Kulju, Hilda Käkikoski, Liisi Kivioja, Sandra Lehtinen, Dagmar Neovius, Maria Raunio, Alexandra Gripenberg, Iida Vemmelpuu, Maria Laine, Jenny Nuotio, and Hilma Räsänen.

Lucina Hagman also founded the Martha organisation, the Suomalainen naisliitto, served as the first chair of Unioni, The League of Finnish Feminists, and was active in the peace movement. She also wrote a biography of Fredrika Bremer.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lucina Hagman (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornJun 5, 1853, Kälviä⁹
DiedSep 6, 1946, Helsinki¹⁰
CitizenshipGrand Duchy of Finland, Finland¹¹

Awards

1924Badge of Merit of the Order of the White Rose of Finland^{12 13}

Sources

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WikidataLucina Hagman on Wikidata
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WikipediaLucina Hagman on Wikipedia
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WikidataLucina Hagman: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: Founded Naisasialiitto Unioni, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: Founded Martha Organization, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: Rector, on Wikidata
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WikidataMember of the Parliament of Finland, as reported by Finnish MP database
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WikidataLucina Hagman: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataLucina Hagman: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataMartha Organization, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsLucina Hagman photo by E. N. Setälä. C. P. Dyrendahl, Public domain