Alina Augusta Nissinen (26 December 1866 – 11 April 1926) was a Finnish educator and politician. A member of the

Young Finnish Party The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party ( fi, Nuorsuomalainen Puolue or ) was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland. It began as an upper-class reformist movement during the 1870s and formed as a ...

, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs. She remained an MP until 1909.

Biography

Nissinen was born in Iisalmi in 1866.Alli Nissinen
Parliament of Finland After attending a girls' school, she trained to be a teacher. She taught geography and religion at the

Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, commonly abbreviated SYK (English: "Helsinki Finnish co-educational school"), is a free elementary, middle and high school in the Etelä-Haaga district of Helsinki, Finland. History SYK was founded in 1886. It ...

between 1889 and 1899, and the Helsingin Uusi yhteiskoulu from 1898 until 1916. She also ran her own Alli Nissinen School of Preparation between 1889 and her death, and served as chair of the Teachers' Association. She served as vice-president of the

Naisasialiitto Unioni Naisasialiitto Unioni (Finnish) or Kvinnosaksförbundet Unionen (Swedish), sometimes referred to in English as the League of Finnish Feminists, is a non-profit Finnish women's organization which was established in 1892. Since 1904 it has been the ...

women's organisation and was chair of the

Martha organisation The Martha organisation (Finnish: Marttaliitto, Swedish: Martharörelsen) is a Finnish organisation, founded by Lucina Hagman in 1899. The organisation defines its activities as follows: "The Martha organisation is a citizens' organisation providi ...

. In 1903 became editor-in-chief of the organisation's ''Emänttä'' magazine, a role she held for the rest of her life. She also wrote several children's books, plays and poetry.The first women Members of Parliament in Finland, 1907-1908
University of Helsinki Nissinen contested the 1907 elections on the Young Finnish Party's list in West Kuopio and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. She was re-elected in

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

, serving until May 1909. During her time in parliament she sat on the Committee on Legal Affairs. She died in Helsinki in 1926.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nissinen, Alli 1866 births 1926 deaths People from Iisalmi People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Young Finnish Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–08) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09) Finnish schoolteachers Finnish trade unionists Finnish journalists Finnish children's writers Finnish women children's writers Women members of the Parliament of Finland 20th-century Finnish women politicians