Jónína Jónatansdóttir
Icelandic politician (1869-1946)
Jónína Jónatansdóttir (22 May 1869 – 1 December 1946) was a labor leader and local representative in Reykjavík from 1922 to 1924.
Life and career
Jónína was born 22 May 1869 in Gullbringusýsla County in what is now Garðabær. She later moved to Reykjavík where she became a vocal proponent for Women's rights. There, she soon joined the Icelandic Women's Rights Association in 1910.
Her political activities began in 1912, when she started organizing a labor union for women. On 21 April 1913, at a meeting of the Women's Rights Association, she spoke out to say the group needed to do something to improve women's working conditions. Two years later on 25 October 1914, she founded Working Women's Society Progress ("Progress"), the first union for women in the history of Iceland. Jónína Jónatansdóttir was selected as the union's first chair; a position she would remain in for the next twenty years.
The same year she founded Progress, Jónína was placed second on the women's list of municipal candidates for the Reykjavík City Council.
With Progress, Jónína also helped to found the Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASI) as well as its political arm; the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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