Hilma Räsänen

Hilma Sohvi Räsänen (28 March 1877 – 20 January 1955) was a Finnish educator and politician.

A member of the Agrarian League, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs.

[1] Between 1900 and 1907 she worked as a primary school teacher in Sippola, Kuopion maalaiskunta, Jämsä and Viipuri Province.

[1] After leaving parliament, she worked as a primary school teacher in Helsinki between 1908 and 1917, after which she became a writer.

She also managed a women's rest home in Askola.