Mimmi Kanervo 1870-1922

Mimmi Kanervo was a Finnish politician and trade unionist. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she was elected to Parliament in 1907 as one of the first group of female MPs, remaining in parliament until 1917.
She worked as a servant in the countryside and Turku, before becoming secretary of the Finnish Domestic and Restaurant Workers’ Union. She joined the Social Democratic Party and was a member of the Federal Committee of the party’s Women’s League. In 1905 she was a member of the committee that organised a general strike.

In 1918 she was imprisoned for political reasons. After being released, she worked as a lecturer for the Social Democratic Party Women’s League. She died in Helsinki in April 1922