Mimmi Kanervo

Kanervo was born in Urjala in 1870.^[1] She worked as a servant in the countryside and Turku,^[1] before becoming secretary of the Finnish Domestic and Restaurant Workers' Union.^[2] She joined the Social Democratic Party and was a member of the Federal Committee of the party's Women's League. In 1905 she was a member of the committee that organised a general strike.^[1]

Kanervo contested the 1907 elections on the Social Democratic Party's list in North Turku and was one of 19 women elected to parliament. She was re-elected in 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1916, serving until April 1917.^[1] During her time in parliament she sat on the Banking, Customs and Finance committees.^[1]

In 1918 she was imprisoned for political reasons.^[1] After being released, she worked as a lecturer for the Social Democratic Party Women's League.^[1] She was a candidate in Häme in the 1919 parliamentary elections, but failed to be elected.^[3] She died in Helsinki in April 1922,^[1] and was buried in Hietaniemi Cemetery.