Auroora Maria ('Aura') Kiiskinen (March 9, 1878 – December 12, 1968) was a Finnish politician and member of

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. She was first elected from the Kuopio West electoral district (now

Northern Savonia North Savo (or Northern Savonia; fi, Pohjois-Savo; sv, Norra Savolax) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of South Savo, Central Finland, North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu, and North Karelia. Kuopio is the largest city in the regi ...

) in the 1908 election, serving until 1911, and was later re-elected from the Uusimaa district from 1914 until 1918, both times representing the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Kiiskinen was born in

Kuopion maalaiskunta Kuopion maalaiskunta was a municipality in eastern Finland in Kuopio Province. The municipality was disbanded in early 1969. Most of the area of Kuopion maalaiskunta was connected to the city of Kuopio, but two villages of Kuopion maalaiskunta, K ...

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecessor ...

, in 1878. She completed primary school, and trained as a

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. Soon she however became increasingly active in

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and involved in campaign and party administration, working full-time variously as secretary, treasurer and organiser of the SDP women's wing. After the '

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' (left-wing) defeat in the

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, Kiiskinen fled to the newly-established

Soviet Russia The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, where she continued her political activities, as well as working later in a teaching role in Soviet Karelia. She died in

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, in 1968.

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