An opera called Minnan taivas about Minna's life and work was staged in Finland, written by Veera Airas with composer Jukka Linkola
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Minna Canth
Minna Canth was a Finnish writer and social activist. Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children. Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations. The Worker's Wife and The Pastor's Family are her…
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business · Finnish writer and social activist (1844–1897) · writer · journalist · playwright · businessperson · editor · short story writer · also Minna Canth, Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson, Ulrika Wilhelmina Canth, Ulrika Canth, Ulrika Wilhelmina (Minna) Johnsson, Ulrika Johnsson
Born 19 March 1844 · Died 12 May 1897 · Q298027
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2021· 1 entry
Helsinki: Reading tips for the day of Minna Canth and equality
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2017· 3 entries
The Financial Express: Google Doodle pays tribute to Minna Canth – the Finnish writer and social activist of nineteenth century
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NDTV: Google Doodle Celebrates Birth Anniversary of Feminist Icon Minna Canth
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India.com: Minna Canth: Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute to Finnish writer, social activist and flag bearer for women’s rights
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2016· 1 entry
Yle: Statue of Minna Canth wreathed in Kuopio for 22nd time
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2014· 1 entry
Yle: Minna Canth: More than just a firebrand feminist
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1897· 1 entry
Died 1897-05-12.
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1885· 1 entry
A bishop had argued that God's order required that women were not emancipated
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1879· 1 entry
Shortly before the birth of the family's seventh child
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1876· 1 entry
The Canths were forced to leave the paper because Minna's writings had roused some bad blood; they were, however, both employed by the competing Päijänne the following year
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1865· 2 entries
Studied at Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary (1863–1865).
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Married her natural sciences teacher, Johan Ferdinand Canth (1835–1879), and had to drop out of the Seminary
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1863· 1 entry
Began her studies at the recently founded Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary, which was the first school in Finland to offer higher education for women
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1853· 1 entry
Her father was given charge of Finlayson's textile shop in Kuopio and the entire family relocated there
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1844· 1 entry
Born 1844-03-19.
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