Berta Pīpiņa
| Berta Pīpiņa | |
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1929
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| Born |
28 September 1883 Code parish, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1942 (aged 58–59) Siberia, USSR |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Other names | Berta Pipinya |
| Occupation | politician |
| Years active | 1901-1940 |
| Known for | first woman parliamentarian of Latvia |
Berta Pīpiņa (née Berta Ziemele; 28 September 1883-1942) was a Latvian teacher, journalist, politician and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected to serve in the Latvian parliament. Active in women's rights, during her time in the Riga City Council and the Saeima, she strove to enact laws and policies to promote women's equality and protect families. When Soviet troops occupied Latvia, she was deported to Siberia, her life was removed from encyclopedias, and she died in a gulag.
Berta Ziemele was born on 28 September 1883 in the Code parish of the Russian Empire, in what is now the Baltic state of Latvia, to Liza (née Kula) and Jekabs Ziemelis. Her parents worked a farm and ran an inn. Ziemele attended the Girls' Grammar School, a state operated primary facility in Misa parish, before attending the Beķeris Girls’ Preliminary Gymnasium in Bauska, which offered women four years of secondary schooling.
In 1901, Ziemele began teaching in Kharkiv, now in Ukraine. Between 1904 and 1908, she studied in Berlin under Dr. Liebman to learn speech therapy techniques to assist disabled children. The following year, she traveled to Switzerland and Russia to expand her knowledge of educational systems. Returning to Latvia in 1910, Ziemele married Ermanis Pīpiņš, (1873-1927), who was a book reviewer, journalist and literary critic. The couple subsequently had three children: daughters, Biruta and Nora and son, Jānis.
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