Tekla Hultin

Tekla Hultin
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Western Electoral District of Viipuri Province
In office
1908–1924
Member of the Helsinki City Council
In office
1925–1930
Personal details
Born18 April 1864
Jaakkima (modern-day Russia)
Died31 March 1943
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyYoung Finnish Party
National Coalition Party
Occupationjournalist
Known forco-founder of the Young Finnish Party
first leader of the Finnish Women's Union

Thekla (Tekla) Johanna Virginia Hultin (18 April 1864 – 31 March 1943 in Helsinki) was a Finnish journalist, politician and feminist. She was the second woman to receive a doctorate in Finland, and the first to be awarded a Ph.D.[1][2]

  1. ^ Venla Sainio (22 May 2000). Hultin, Tekla (in Finnish). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura . Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. ^ Jenny Af Forselles. Kansallinen elämäkerrasto (in Finnish). pp. 515–516.