Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician (died 1952)

Miina Sillanpää

Finnish politician (1866–1952)

Miina Sillanpää was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926-1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of…