Berta Emīlija Vesmane (10 October 1878 – 16 June 1941) was a

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

n politician. In 1920 she was one of the six women elected to the Constitutional Assembly, Latvia's first female parliamentarians.

Biography

Vesmane was born Berta Krisone in Riga in 1878. She completed courses in commerce in Saint Petersburg, and married

Frīdrihs Vesmanis Frīdrihs Vesmanis (April 15, 1875 – December 7, 1941) was a Latvian lawyer and politician for the LSDWP and the first Speaker of the Saeima. Early life Vesmanis was born on April 15, 1875, in Rundāle Parish to Kārļa Vesmaņa and Elizab ...

, who later became the first Speaker of the Saeima. She was a member of the revolutionary movement and was arrested several times. She also served as a trade union official in the Jelgava area. In 1920 she was elected to the Constitutional Assembly as a representative of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party, serving until 1922. She and Frīdrihs were arrested in 1941. She was seriously ill at the time and died on a train while at

Krustpils Station Krustpils Station is a railway station serving the city of Jēkabpils in southeastern Latvia. The station is located in the historic Krustpils part of the city on the right bank of the river Daugava. The station is an important railway junctio ...

.FRIDRIHS VESMANIS – jurists, Jelgavas pilsētas mērs un Latvijas 1. Saeimas pirmais priekšsēdētājs
Ģ. Eliasa Jelgavas vēstures un mākslas muzejs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vesmane, Berta 1878 births People from Riga Latvian trade unionists 20th-century Latvian women politicians Deputies of the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party politicians 1941 deaths Revolutionaries from the Russian Empire