Ida Johanna Vihuri (born Hildén, 18 August 1882 – 7 September 1929) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the

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1922–1929 for the

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Life and career

Vihuri was born to a peasant family in

Lempäälä Lempäälä () is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies south of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Lempäälä is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population ...

. Since the age of 13 she worked at the Finlayson cotton mill in

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

. After the 1905 general strike, Vihuri joined the local trade union branch and became the leading unionist of the Finlayson mill. During the 1918 Civil War of Finland, Vihuri served in the

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administration. Vihuri was captured after the Battle of Tampere and sentenced to life in prison, but she was pardoned in 1920. In the 1922 parliamentary election, Vihuri was elected to the Parliament of Finland. Vihuri died on 7 September 1929 on her way to a party meeting in Kuru as the '' SS Kuru'' sank in the lake

Näsijärvi Näsijärvi () is a lake above sea level, in the Pirkanmaa region of southern Finland. Näsijärvi is the biggest lake in the Tampere area at in size. The city of Tampere was built along the Tammerkoski rapids, through which the lake drains int ...

. With at least 136 people drowning, the sinking remains the deadliest Finnish inland shipping disaster. Vihuri was buried at the Kalevankangas Cemetery.

Family

Ida Vihuri's sister was the politician

Kaisa Hiilelä Amanda Katariina (Kaisa) Hiilelä (born Hildén, 23 October 1891 – 4 April 1977) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1930–1958 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland. Life and career Hiilelä was born ...

who was a Member of the Parliament in 1930–1958. Their nephew was the Minister of Education

Reino Oittinen Reino Henrik Oittinen (26 July 1912, Helsinki – 1 March 1978) was a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party. Career In the 1930s, Oittinen participated in the municipal politics in Tampere. He was chosen as Finnish Minister of Edu ...

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