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The Agrarian Party parliamentary group in Helsinki, 1907, including Hilma Räsänen. This is one party’s group—not the whole parliament or all nineteen women elected that year.
Picture source & rightsJudel Jankelovitsh Indurski / Finnish Heritage Agency, HK19071003:2 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP · Licence terms

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Finland: votes for women, independence and a contested republic

Finland’s parliamentary transformation preceded independence. The election of women in 1907, separation from Russia in 1917, civil war in 1918 and republican settlement in 1919 were distinct—and contested—developments.

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