Valērija Seile ( ltg, Valereja Seile; 1891–1970) 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, educator, historian, librarian and writer. She was educated in St Petersburg. She returned to Latvia in 1916, was the secretary of the

Provisional Land Council of Latgale {{unreferenced, date=April 2016 Provisional Land Council of Latgale ( ltg, Latgolas Pagaidu Zemes Padūme) was created on April 27, 1917, after the democratic February Revolution in Russian Empire. The Council was crucial in achieving separation ...

in 1917-18 and tended to much of its daily business. She was a part of the People's Council in 1918–20, was elected to the

Constitutional Assembly A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected b ...

in 1920 and served as deputy minister of Education in 1922. Between 1923 and 1940, she was a professor in

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

at the Daugavpils State Teachers' Institute.Pedagoģe Valerija Seile / Sast. E. Vaivode. - Rīga, 1990. - 102 lpp.

Works

* "Latgolas liktini bēgļu laikmetā. Latgalīšu bīdreibas paleiga kara upurem darbeiba" (1934) * "Sistematiskais leidz 1935. godam latgalīšu izlūksnē izdūtūs grōmotu rōdeitōjs" (1935) * "Grāmatas Latgales latviešiem. Latgaliešu dialektā izdoto grāmatu chronoloģiskais, sistemātiskais autoru un izdevēju rādītājs (1585.-1936.)" (1936) * "Paidagogikas vēsture. I daļa" (1943)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seile, Valerija 1891 births 1970 deaths People from Rēzekne Municipality People from Rezhitsky Uyezd Members of the People's Council of Latvia Deputies of the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia 20th-century Latvian women politicians