Aura Kiiskinen

Auroora Maria ('Aura') Kiiskinen (March 9, 1878 – December 12, 1968) was a Finnish politician and member of parliament. She was first elected from the Kuopio West electoral district (now Northern Savonia) in the 1908 election, serving until 1911, and was later re-elected from the Uusimaa district from 1914 until 1918, both times representing the Social Democratic Party (SDP).^[1][2]

Kiiskinen was born in Kuopion maalaiskunta, Grand Duchy of Finland, in 1878.^[1] She completed primary school, and trained as a seamstress.^[1] Soon she however became increasingly active in left-wing politics and involved in campaign and party administration, working full-time variously as secretary, treasurer and organiser of the SDP women's wing.^[2]

After the 'Red' (left-wing) defeat in the Finnish Civil War, Kiiskinen fled to the newly established Soviet Russia, where she continued her political activities, as well as working later in a teaching role in Soviet Karelia.^[2][1][3] She died in Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union, in 1968.^[1]