Mimmi Kanervo (26 May 1870 – 1 April 1922) was a Finnish politician and trade unionist. A member of the

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, she was elected to

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in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs, remaining in parliament until 1917.

Biography

Kanervo was born in

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in 1870.Mimmi Kanervo
Parliament of Finland She worked as a servant in the countryside and Turku, before becoming secretary of the Finnish Domestic and Restaurant Workers' Union.
University of Helsinki She joined the Social Democratic Party and was a member of the Federal Committee of the party's Women's League. In 1905 she was a member of the committee that organised a

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. Kanervo contested the 1907 elections on the Social Democratic Party's list in North Turku and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. She was re-elected in 1908,

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, 1910,

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and

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, serving until April 1917. During her time in parliament she sat on the Banking, Customs and Finance committees. In 1918 she was imprisoned for political reasons. After being released, she worked as a lecturer for the Social Democratic Party Women's League. She died in Helsinki in April 1922.

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