Mary Rhodes Moorhouse-Pekkala | |
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| Born | Mary Rhodes Moorhouse 4 September 1889 |
| Died | 5 March 1975 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | British, Finnish |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester |
| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
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| Relatives | William Barnard Rhodes (grandfather) William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse (brother) |
Mary Rhodes Moorhouse-Pekkala (4 September 1889 – 5 March 1975[1]) was a British-born Finnish patronage and civil rights activist, who was an heiress to a wealthy New Zealand-British family. In the early 1920s, she was active in the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Comintern. Moorhouse emigrated to Finland in 1928 after marrying the Finnish Socialist politician Eino Pekkala. She was one of the major financiers of the 1930s Finnish cultural left, and a prominent civil rights activist.[2]
- ^ "Mary Rhodes Moorhouse-Pekkala's Death Notice". Helsingin Sanomat. p. 4. 22 March 1975. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) (subscription required) - ^ Koskinen, Sinikka (20 January 2011). "Sirpa Kähkönen: Flames of Love and Hatred. Finland in the 1930s as Destiny". Books from Finland. Retrieved 15 May 2019.