Valērija Seile (; 1891–1970) was a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

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 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

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

Daugavpils Daugavpils (see also other names) is a state city in southeastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city derives its name. The parts of the city to the north of the river belong to the historical Latvian region ...

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