Poliksena Shishkina-Iavein
Poliksena Nestorovna Shishkina-Iavein | |
|---|---|
Leningrad, Soviet Union | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | St Petersburg Women's Medical Institute |
| Occupation(s) | Suffragette and physician |
| Spouse | Georgi Iulievich Iavein |
Poliksena Shishkina-Iavein (April 1875 – March 1947) was a Russian Empire and Soviet suffragette and physician.
Life
Poliksena Nestorovna Shishkina-Iavein was born in April 1875 in
St Petersburg after the October Revolution of 1917 and moved to newly independent Estonia, but Shishkina-Iavein was not allowed to practice medicine there. After her husband's death in 1920, she returned to Leningrad (as St Petersburg was now named). She survived the Siege of Leningrad during World War II and died there in March 1947.[1]
Activities
Shishkina-Iavein became chairwoman of the All-Russian
International Woman Suffrage Alliance, and had a lot of contacts with foreign feminists. The League was somewhat successful in improving women's rights during the Fourth State Duma of 1912–17.[3]
Notes
References
- Yukina, Irina (2005). "Shishkina-Iavein, Poliksena Nestorovna". In Haan, Francisca de; Daskalova, Krassimira; Loutfi, Anna (eds.). Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-7326-39-4.
