'From my infance I was the apple of my father's eye ' Canth Worker at the Finlayson cotton factory, where he rose in the positionįoreman. Johnson and Ulrika Andersintytär (Archelin?) Johnson. Minna Canth was born in Tampere, the daughter of Gustaf Wilhelm Erkko, August 1, 1887, in Sanoi Minna Canth, ed. Harvest with a greater blessing.' (from a letter to J.H. Only future generations get to sow the seeds of their toil and reap the Both get hunger bread to eat in the sweat of their brow and 'To me, the life of a Finnish writer isĪs burdensome and hard as a laborer's who clears land to till out the Whose work showed the influence of Henrik Ibsen and Georg Brandes. She was the first notable Finnish social realist, During theĮarly years of the young Finnish Theatre – the National Theatre wasįounded in 1872 – Canth's plays were performed on its stage more often Who described women's position in the society and advocatedĬontemporary radical social ideas in magazine articles. Minna Canth (1844 - 1897) - Ulrika Wilhelmina, née Johnsson, used in columns pseudonym Wiljaįinnish playwright and short-story writer Despite being controversial, the play was effective as the Finnish government subsequently passed a new law about the separation of property.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z She also wrote a famous play 'Tyomiehen Vaimo', which was about an alcoholic man who wastes his wife's money and property.

Through her literary works, Canth constantly pushed and campaigned for workers' rights and feminism. She initially used to edit and write for 'Keski-Suomi' and eventually started her own newspaper 'Wapaita Aatteita' with fellow journalist August Makela. Her views, which advocated the realisation of a woman's freedom of expression and aspirations, were considered too radical and controversial at that time.Ĭanth, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the day of social equality in Finland, was also among the first female journalists in the world. She was born as Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson on March 19,1844 in Finland's Tampere city at a time when Europe was undergoing a drastic social change. Sunday's Google Doodle is a celebration of Finnish feminist icon and author-activist Minna Canth's 137 birth anniversary.

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