Vera Poska-Grünthal Explained

Vera Poska-Grünthal (1898 - 1986) was a leading Estonian feminist.^[1] She was one of the founders of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), an International Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and through advocacy, law reform, research and publications.^[2] She also founded the Estonian-language journal Triinu in Sweden in 1952, serving as its editor until 1981.^[1]

Personal life

Vera Poska-Grünthal was the daughter of politician and lawyer Jaan Poska. She was married to politician and lawyer Timotheus Grünthal. American lawyer Sharon L. Gleason is her granddaughter.^[3]

Further reading

• Vera Poska-Grünthal, in: A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe 19th and 20th Centuries. Budapest, New York: CEU Press. S. 450-454, by Sirje Tamul.
• Jaan Poska tütar jutustab. Mälestusi oma isast ja elust vanemate kodus by Vera Poska-Grünthal and Jaan Poska (1969)
• See oli Eestis 1919-1944 by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1975)
• Elu jätkub võõrsil by Vera Poska-Grünthal (1985)^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Book: de Haan. Francisca. Krasimira Daskalova. Anna Loutfi. Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries. 2006. Central European University Press. 978-963-7326-39-4. 450–453.
2. Web site: International Federation of Women Lawyers . Global Hand . 2011-09-27.
3. Web site: Vera Grünthal Gleason obituary . . 30 July 2023.
4. Web site: WorldCat Identities: Poska-Grünthal, Vera . 2024-01-02 . worldcat.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924183658/http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no90-789/ . 2016-09-24.
5. Web site: Amazon.co.uk: Vera Poska-Grünthal: Books. amazon.co.uk. 24 September 2016.