Biography
Born in the working-class district of Sörnäinen in Helsinki, Fagerholm went to folk school and business school. After the death of his mother, he had to look after his siblings from a young age. Fagerholm joined the labour movement in 1903, when he became a member of the Sörnäinen Workers' Association. In October 1905, Fagerholm was one of the founders of the women's section of the STY. In 1907 she got a job as a branch clerk at Osuusliike Elanto. In October 1917, Fagerholm was elected to the Federal Committee of the Social Democratic Women's League. Fagerholm was largely absent from the events of the Civil War. She was only elected to the Economic Committee appointed by the Red Helsinki City Council a few days before the evacuation of the People's Delegation to Vyborg. At the end of the war, Fagerholm was, together with Hilda Öberg, the only member of the Women's League's Federal Committee who had not been imprisoned or fled the country. During the autumn, she began to reorganise the activities of the Women's League with Öberg and Fiina Pietikäinen, a deputy member of the League Commission. At the Union meeting in December 1918, Fagerholm was elected president of the Women's Union.References
1886 births 1971 deaths Politicians from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Socialist Workers Party of Finland politicians Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees Members of the Parliament of Finland (1922–1924) Women members of the Parliament of Finland {{Finland-politician-stub