Felicija Bortkevičienė, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Felicija Bortkevičienė

Lithuanian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1873

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1945

Profession: politician

Nationality: Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Felicija Bortkeviciene née Povickaite (1 September 1873 – 21 October 1945) was a Lithuanian politician and long-term publisher of Lietuvos ukininkas and Lietuvos žinios.
She became active in social life after she moved to Vilnius in 1900 and became known as an energetic and prolific organizer, manager, and treasurer of numerous political, cultural, and charitable organizations.
She joined and was one of the leaders of various political parties, including Lithuanian Democratic Party, Peasant Union, and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union.
She was a delegate to the Great Seimas of Vilnius (1905) and was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Lithuania (1920) and was considered for the position of Minister of Provision and Public Work (1918) and President of Lithuania (1926).
Bortkeviciene organized and ran several charitable organizations, including those supporting gifted students, political prisoners of the Tsarist regime, and deported Prussian Lithuanians.
She was also a member of women's movement in Lithuania, being an active member of the Lithuanian Women's Association and the chair of the Lithuanian Women's Union.
For her various activities Bortkeviciene was arrested and imprisoned numerous times by different regimes, including Tsarist Russia, independent Lithuania, and Soviet Lithuania.