Minna Canth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Minna Canth

Finnish writer

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1844

Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland

Date of Death: 12-May-1897

Profession: writer, businessperson, playwright, journalist

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Minna Canth (IPA [minna ka:nt], born Ulrika Wilhelmina Johnsson, 19 March 1844 – 12 May 1897) was a Finnish writer and social activist.
Canth began to write while managing her family draper's shop and living as a widow raising seven children.
Her work addresses issues of women's rights, particularly in the context of a prevailing culture she considered antithetical to permitting expression and realization of women's aspirations.
Her play The Pastor's Family is her best known.
In her time, she became a controversial figure, due to the asynchrony between her ideas and those of her time, and in part due to her strong advocacy for her point of view. Minna Canth is the first woman to receive her own flag day in Finland, starting on 19 March 2007.
It is also the day of social equality in Finland.