__NOTOC__ Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (17 January 1826 – 31 May 1905) was a Finnish

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and writer. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born in

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, one of the 16 children of an aristocratic family.''Suomen kulttuurihistoria'', p. 59. Editor in chief Laura Kolbe. Editor in charge Tuula Kousa. Editors Anssi Sinnemäki and Laura Nevanlinna. Tammi 2004. She was born to Gustaf Adolf Ehrnrooth, a hero of the

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. John Casimir Ehrnrooth was her brother. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth never married, and dedicated her life to helping the women and the poor. She was the founder of the Finnish Women's Association, the first society for women's suffrage in Finland. She was also active in the Naisasialiitto Unioni (The Finnish Women´s Association Unioni) in 1884 and the years after 1892 until her death in

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called her "Finland's first woman journalist". Adelaïde Ehrnrooth proposed voting rights for women in 1869. Aside from her activist life and writing poetry, Adelaïde Ehrnrooth wrote travel accounts of her frequent journeys.

Legacy

Ehrnrooth's life was documented by biographer

in ''Adelaïde Ehrnrooth''.

Bibliography

Poetry

*''Sagor och minnen'' (1863) *''Gråsparven'' (1868)

Novels

*''Bilder ur familjekretsarna i Finland'' (1866; ''Pictures from Life in Finland'') *''Bland fattiga och rika'' (1887; ''Among Rich and Poor'') *''Dagmar: En hvardaghistoria'' (1870; ''Dagmar: An everyday story'') *''Tiden går och vi med den'' (1878; ''Time Passes and We With It'') *''Hvardagslifvets skuggor och dagar'' (1881; ''Shadows and lights of everyday life'')

Political

*''I dagens intressanta samhällsfrågor, röst från en icke röstheråttigad'' (1882; ''On interesting social questions of the day: Vote for someone not entitled to vote'')

Travel books

*''Två finskors lustvandringar i Europa och Afrika åren 1876–77 och 1884'' (1886; ''Two Finnish women's pleasure trips in Europe and Africe, 1876–77 and 1884'') *''Resor i Orenten'' (1890; ''Travels in the Orient'')

References

External links

Ehrnrooth, Adelaïde
in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' .
Ehrnrooth, Adelaïde
in ''Uppslagsverket Finland'' . 1826 births 1905 deaths People from Nastola Writers from the Grand Duchy of Finland Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish feminists Finnish women's rights activists 19th-century Finnish nobility 19th-century Finnish writers 19th-century Finnish women writers 19th-century Finnish journalists 20th-century Finnish nobility 19th-century women journalists {{feminism-activist-stub