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Klāra Anna Luīze Kalniņa

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Birth Date:
25.02.1874
Death date:
21.11.1964
Person's maiden name:
Veilande
Categories:
, Medic, Politician, Public figure, Publicist, Translator
Nationality:
 latvian
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Klāra Anna Luīze Kalniņa, née Veilande (1874–1964), was a Latvian feminist, suffragette, editor, and politician, a long-time member of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Latvian: Latvijas Sociāldemokrātiskā Strādnieku Partija (LSDSP)).

Life

Kalniņa was born in the village of Vanči in Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (today in Latvia) on 24 February 1874. She finished four grades of schooling in 1890 in Jelgava, where the language of instruction was German, not Latvian. She was admitted into the sixth grade of the Jelgava Gymnasium at the age of 20 and graduated in 1897 having completed the seventh grade. In the meantime, she had gone to St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, in an attempt to further her education, but was forced to return home in 1896 by financial difficulties. Kalniņa met her future husband, Pauls Kalniņš, in 1895 and they married three years later. They had one son, the politician Brūno Kalniņš. During the German occupation of Latvia during World War II, she and her husband participated in the pro-independence Latvian Central Council. After her husband's death in 1945, she fled to Sweden and lived there until she died in 1964.

Activities

While still a student, Kalniņa was one of the founders of a literary group, Aurora (Latvian: Austra), that rejected the bourgeois idea that women's roles in life were limited to Kinder, Küche, Kirche. In the mid-1890s, she became involved in the New Current (Latvian: Jaunā strāva) and the beginnings of the social democratic movements. While in St Petersburg, she participated in the activities of the Social Democrats there and then became active in organizing the social democratic group in Kurzeme from 1901 to 1903. Kalniņa and her husband left Russia that same year and lived in Germany and Switzerland until the outbreak of the 1905 Russian Revolution prompted their temporary return.

She was elected to the Constitutional Assembly of Latvia in 1920. Alongside Aspazija, Apolonija Laurinoviča, Valērija Seile and Berta Vesmane, she was one of five women elected to the proto-parliament.

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Bruno KalniņšBruno KalniņšSon07.05.189926.03.1990
        2Karlīne EliassKarlīne EliassSister00.00.186600.00.1956
        3Pauls KalniņšPauls KalniņšHusband03.03.187226.08.1945
        4Kristaps EliassKristaps EliassNephew30.03.188604.01.1963
        5Juris EliassJuris EliassNephew15.09.189111.12.1974
        6Gedertas EliasasGedertas EliasasNephew23.09.188729.01.1975
        7Anna Maija CielēnaAnna Maija CielēnaNiece06.03.188909.12.1988
        8
        Kārlis KurševicsSon in-law22.11.187410.09.1938
        9
        Maiga Milda KalniņaDaughter in-law00.00.190400.00.1978
        10
        Emīlija KurševicaSister in-law00.00.187500.00.1938
        11Jānis EliassJānis EliassBrother in-law00.00.185102.11.1937
        12
        Ingvars KalniņšGrandson00.00.193400.00.2008
        13Anastasija Čikste RūtenfeldeAnastasija Čikste RūtenfeldeFriend09.06.187915.12.1962
        14Late VeibeleLate VeibeleFriend19.11.187725.07.1949
        15Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms UlmanisKārlis Augusts Vilhelms UlmanisFriend23.08.187720.09.1942
        16AspazijaAspazijaCoworker16.03.186505.11.1943
        17Valerija  SeileValerija SeileCoworker23.06.189110.05.1970
        18Berta VesmaneBerta VesmaneCoworker10.10.187816.06.1941
        19
        Apolonija LaurinovičaCoworker20.07.188611.07.1967
        20Jēkabs DubelšteinsJēkabs DubelšteinsIdea mate25.10.188524.09.1907
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