''Työläisnainen'' () was the weekly magazine of the Finnish Social Democratic Women's Union. It was published between 1906 and 1923 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, Finland.

History and profile

The magazine was started with the title ''Palvelijatar'' in November 1906. It was the official organ of the Finnish Social Democratic Women's Union and came out weekly. Its title was later changed to ''Työläisnainen''.

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Hilja Pärssinen Hilja Pärssinen (13 July 1876, in Halsua – 23 September 1935, in née ''Lindgren'') was a Finland, Finnish schoolteacher, poet, journalist and politician. Along with Elvira Willman, Elvira Wilman and Hilda Tihlä was the most popular female wri ...

and Anni Huotari were among the leading contributors of the magazine. Miina Sillanpää edited it between 1907 and 1916. The magazine featured articles by the Finnish communist and socialist women and men living in Finland and also, by those who had to settle in Russia immediately after the

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in 1918. ''Työläisnainen'' also covered translations from foreign publications written by well-known

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women activists such as

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. ''Työläisnainen'' appeared irregularly from 1917 to 1921. The magazine was redesigned as a communist publication in 1920 when the communists began to head the Finnish Social Democratic Women's Union. Next year its editors were the future social democratic women politicians. The magazine ceased publication in 1923.

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