Hilma Räsänen 1877-1955

Hilma Räsänen 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. She remained an MP until the following year.
She contested the 1907 elections on the Agrarian League’s list in East Vyborg.
However, she lost her seat in the 1908 elections. During her time in parliament she sat on the Grand Committee.

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.