Mimmi Kanervo

Mimmi Kanervo
Member of Parliament
In office
1907–1917
ConstituencyNorth Turku
Personal details
Born26 May 1870
Urjala, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died1 April 1922(1922-04-01) (aged 51)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party

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

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Kanervo was born in Urjala in 1870.[1] She worked as a servant in the countryside and Turku,[1] before becoming secretary of the Finnish Domestic and Restaurant Workers' Union.[2] 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.[1]

Kanervo contested the 1907 elections on the Social Democratic Party's list in North Turku and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. She was re-elected in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1916, serving until April 1917.[1] During her time in parliament she sat on the Banking, Customs and Finance committees.[1]

In 1918 she was imprisoned for political reasons.[1] After being released, she worked as a lecturer for the Social Democratic Party Women's League.[1] She died in Helsinki in April 1922.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Mimmi Kanervo Parliament of Finland
  2. ^ The first women Members of Parliament in Finland, 1907-1908 University of Helsinki