Elisabeth Blomqvist
1827
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1901
Finnish painter (1827-1901)
Elisabeth Blomqvist (1827–1901) was a Finnish educator. She was the principal of the state girl school Svenska fruntimmersskolan i Helsingfors between 1864 and 1898. She was a pioneer within women's education in Finland, a leading reformer and the founder of the first seminary of female teachers (1861).