Linda Marie Eenpalu (born Linda Marie Koplus, until 1935 named Einbund; 20 September 1890 – 4 June 1967) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n politician. She was a member of the National Constituent Assembly (1937) and a Member of the Second Chamber of the National Council (1938) and the first of her gender in both of these positions. She was a well-known women's rights activist. She was married to politician

Kaarel Eenpalu Kaarel Eenpalu (until 1935 Karl August Einbund; – 27 January 1942) was an Estonian journalist, politician and head of state, who served as 7th Prime Minister of Estonia. Early years Eenpalu was educated at the Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in ...

, who was prime minister in 1938–1939.

Biography

Eenpalu studied in Tartu in 1911–1912. She was a librarian at Tartu Public Library Society in 1913–1914, at a high school for girls in 1919–1920 and as a teacher at a high school in Stockholm in 1920–26. She was a co-founder of the Estonian Female Student's Society (1911), member of the central committee of the Estonian Women's Club from 1928, Chairperson of the Central Society of the Estonian Rural Women in 1929–1940 and a member of the National Economic Council in 1935–1938. In 1937, she was a member of the national housing department, and in 1938–1940 she was the only female member of the Second Chamber of the National Council. She was arrested in 1941 and deported to Tomsk Oblast, where she remained until 1956.

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1890 births 1967 deaths People from Tartu Parish Politicians from Tartu County People from Kreis Dorpat Members of the Estonian National Assembly Members of the Riiginõukogu Women members of upper houses Estonian feminists Spouses of presidents of Estonia Estonian prisoners and detainees Estonian people imprisoned in the Soviet Union Estonian Gulag detainees Women legislators in Estonia Women librarians {{Estonia-1938-Riigikogu-politician-stub