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Adelaïde Ehrnrooth
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Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth
January 17, 1826 |
| Died | May 31, 1905 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (17 January 1826 – 31 May 1905) was a Finnish feminist and writer. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born in Nastola, one of the 16 children of an aristocratic family. She was born to Gustaf Adolf Ehrnrooth, a hero of the Finnish War. John Casimir Ehrnrooth was her brother. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth never married, and dedicated her life to helping the women and the poor.
She was the founder of the Finnish Women's Association— the first society for women's suffrage in Finland. She was also active in the Union Kvinnosaksförening (Women's Cause Association) in 1884 and the years after 1892, until her death in Helsinki. Helena Westermarck called her "Finland's first woman journalist."
Adelaïde Ehrnrooth proposed voting rights for women in 1869.
Aside from her activist life and writing poetry, Adelaïde Ehrnrooth wrote travel accounts of her frequent journeys.
Legacy
Ehrnrooth's life was documented by biographer Helena Westermarck in Adelaïde Ehrnrooth.
