Lucina Hagman

Lucina Hagman (5 June 1853, Kälviä[1] – 6 September 1946) was an early Finnish feminist and among the first female MPs in the world due to the 1907 Finnish parliamentary election.

Hagman was the daughter of police master Nils Johan Erik Hagman and Margareta Sofia Nordman, a police chief in rural Kälviä.

She became a teacher and Jean Sibelius might be the most famous individuals to study at her school.

The successful women included Hagman, Miina Sillanpää, Anni Huotari, Hilja Pärssinen, Hedvig Gebhard, Ida Aalle, Mimmi Kanervo, Eveliina Ala-Kulju, Hilda Käkikoski, Liisi Kivioja, Sandra Lehtinen, Dagmar Neovius, Maria Raunio, Alexandra Gripenberg, Iida Vemmelpuu, Maria Laine, Jenny Nuotio and Hilma Räsänen.

[3] Lucina Hagman also founded the Martha organisation, the Suomalainen naisliitto, served as the first chair of Unioni, The League of Finnish Feminists,[4] and was active in the peace movement.