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Helmi Press-Jansen

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Helmi Press-Jansen
Born(1889-03-15)15 March 1889
Died5 March 1960(1960-03-05) (aged 70)
Tallinn, Estonia
Occupation(s)Politician, feminist

Helmi Press-Jansen (15 March 1889 – 5 March 1960) was an Estonian journalist, translator and social democratic politician. She was a member of the Estonian Constituent Assembly.[1] She was one of the organisers of the Estonian demonstration in Petrograd in 1917, which demanded autonomy For Estonia. Press-Jansen was a women's rights activist and a board member of the Union of Estonian Women's Organizations from 1923 to 1930. From 1919, a member of the first board of the Estonian Journalists' Union and 1940–41 commissar of the Tallinn Jewish Union Bank.[2]

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  1. ^ "Juhatus ja liikmed". Riigikogu (in Estonian). Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Jansen, Helmi - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". entsyklopeedia.ee. Retrieved 13 February 2024.