Hagman, Lucina (1853–1946)
Hagman, Lucina (1853–1946)
Finnish educator. Born in 1853; died in 1946.
Ahead of her time as a feminist and a champion of the co-educational movement, Lucina Hagman was the head of a co-educational school in Finland from 1886 to 1899. She founded the Finnish New School in Helsinki in 1899, remaining its director until 1938. Hagman also founded and was the chair of Finland's Women's Association and served in Parliament from 1907 to 1914. She became an honorary professor in 1928. Her writings include bio-bibliographies of Fredrika Bremer and Minna Canth (Minna Canthin elämänkerta, 1906–11).
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