Emmi Mäkelin
Emmi Mäkelin | |
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| Member of Parliament for Kuopio Province | |
| In office 5 September 1922 – 17 October 1923 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emma Serafia Lindeman 1 April 1874 Lappi, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 August 1962 (aged 88) Jyväskylä, Finland |
| Political party | SSTP |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Emma "Emmi" Serafia Mäkelin (1 April 1874 – 6 August 1962) was a Finnish midwife and politician who served in the Parliament of Finland from 1922 until 1923. A member of the communist Socialist Workers' Party of Finland, she represented the western portion of the Kuopio Province.
Biography
Emma Serafia Mäkelin was born on 1 April 1874, in the town of Lappi, Finland, then part of the Russian Empire. Her father, Karl Fredrik Lindeman, was a construction foreman. She received a secondary school education, and became a certified midwife in 1904. She worked as a midwife in the central city of Kuopio from 1904 until 1931.[1][2]
Following
social democrats.[4][5] In the 1922 Finnish parliamentary election, Mäkelin was elected to the Parliament of Finland, representing the western portion of the Kuopio Province.[1][6] Mäkelin was one of six female SSTP MPs, and was the most educated and oldest of the group.[7]
Later in 1922, Mäkelin was part of a group of 25 communist MPs who proposed the creation of a new
better source needed] She was arrested in August 1923 during a crackdown on communists, though she was released the following year.[6][9] In October 1923, while imprisoned, she was expelled from parliament. Mäkelin continued working as a midwife after retiring from politics. She died on 6 August 1962 in Jyväskylä.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Emmi Mäkelin". Parliament of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Emmi Mäkelin". Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Kuopion kunnalliswaa lien tulos" [The Result of the Kuopio Municipal Elections]. Savo (in Finnish). December 31, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "Sos.-dem. Naisliiton IX Edustajakokouksen Pöytäkirja" [Sos.-dem. Minutes of the IX Representative Meeting of the Women's Association]. Työväen Arkisto (in Finnish). December 7, 1919. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ISBN 978-952-91-2315-5.
- ^ a b "Jakautuneet yhteisöt" [Divided Communities]. Savon Historia (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ISBN 978-952-5976-10-6. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
- ^ "Esitys Kommunisti-Suomesta" [A Presentation about Communist Finland]. Suomi24 (in Finnish). 2005-09-10. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Kommunistien fuur juttu Turun hovioikeudessa" [Communists' Furor in the Turku Court of Appeal]. Kansan Lehti (in Finnish). February 5, 1924. p. 3. Retrieved April 1, 2023.