Suomalainen naisliitto (Hfrs), is a non-profit Finnish women's organization which was established in 1907.Suomalainen naisliitto i Uppslagsverket Finland (webbupplaga, 2012). CC-BY-SA 4.0
Suomalainen naisliitto was founded in 1907 by Lucina Hagman. Hagman as well as other leading members, such as Maikki Friberg and Tekla Hultin, were affiliated with the Young Finnish Party.
The Hfrs promoted women's emancipation by arranging courses and leactures. Until the 1940s, it published its own magazine, the Naisten Ääni; Maikki Friberg was its editor in 1907–1927. Nowadays Naisten Ääni https://www.naistenaani.fi/ is a data base collecting biographies of women.
The Suomalainen naisliitto publishes the magazine Minnahttps://suomalainennaisliitto.fi/index.php?k=226027 since 1981.
Presidents 1907–1909 Tekla Hultin 1909–1914 Lucina Hagman (first time) 1914–1922 Olga Oinola (first time) 1922–1927 Lucina Hagman (second time) 1927–1932 Hilja Vilkemaa (first time) 1932–1934 Olga Oinola (second time) 1934–1946 Hedvig Gebhard 1946–1953 Ida Sarkanen 1953–1969 Hilja Vilkemaa (second time) 1969–1970 Helle Kannila 1970–1974 Pirkko Aro 1974–1980 Inkeri Savolainen 1980–1989 Raija Virtanen 1989–1994 Vappu Hakkarainen 1994–1995 Tuula Nieminen 1996–1997 Paula Starck 1998–2001 Pirjo Norvama 2002–2003 Päivi Mattsoff 2004–2007 Marja-Riitta Tervahauta 2008–2009 Oili Påwals 2010–2014 Maija Kauppinen 2014–2015 Kirsti Ojala 2016-2018 Leena Ruusuvuori 2019 Kirsti Ojala 2020-2023 Eva Tervonen 2024- Nuppu Rouhiainen Minna 2/2015 Historia, Suomalainen naisliitto
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