Vera Poska-Grünthal (1898–1986) was a leading Estonian feminist. She was one of the founders of the
International Federation of Women Lawyers
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), in Spanish (FIDA), is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and th ...
(IFWL), an International
Non-Governmental Organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
(NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid,
legal literacy
Legal awareness, sometimes called public legal education or legal literacy, is the empowerment of individuals regarding issues involving the law. She also founded the Estonian-language journal ''Triinu'' in Sweden in 1952, serving as its editor until 1981.
Personal life
Vera Poska-Grünthal was born in Tallinn. She was the daughter of politician and lawyer
Jaan Poska
Jaan Poska VR III/1 (; , Laiusevälja, near Jõgeva, Estonia – 7 March 1920, Tallinn, Estonia) was a lawyer, politician and the foreign minister of Estonia in 1918–1919.
Early life
Poska was born the fifth of 12 children of an Eastern O ...
. She was married to politician and lawyer Timotheus Grünthal. American lawyer
Sharon L. Gleason
Sharon Louise Gleason (born 1957) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012, Gleason is the f ...
is her granddaughter.
Further reading
*''Vera Poska-Grünthal'', in: ''A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe 19th and 20th Centuries''. Budapest, New York: CEU Press. S. 450-454, by Sirje Tamul.
*''Jaan Poska tütar jutustab. Mälestusi oma isast ja elust vanemate kodus'' by Vera Poska-Grünthal and Jaan Poska (1969)
*''See oli Eestis 1919-1944'' by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1975)
*''Elu jätkub võõrsil'' by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1985)