Valija Veščunas-Jansone
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Valija Veščunas-Jansone (1902–1990) was a Latvian lawyer, one of the three women who was awarded the Order of Lāčplēsis.[1] On November 19, 1919, one of the first to cross the Lielupe River during Valka Vashchun's journey, and despite the enemy's overcrowding, took Plani's home where prisoners and trophies were received.[2] She was the head of the women's department of the association "Latvijas Ērgļi".
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[edit]- ^ Ilgars Grosvalds, Ivans Griņevičs. "Latvijas sievietes ceļā uz augstāko izglītību un zinātni" (PDF).
- ^ "LKOK nr.3/1165 : Vaščunas-Jansone, Valerija Valija". lkok.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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