Anna Elisabeth Baer

Anna Elisabeth Baer (1722 - 1799) was one of the richest merchants in the latter half of the 1700s in Turku, Finland.^[1][2] Her husband, who was a merchant, died before her, and she ran a family business for nearly thirty years after his death.^[1] She sent a few petitions relating to business to the Swedish Collegium of Commerce.^[1] She was a shipowner.^[3]

She wanted to vote in the Riksdag elections in Turku in 1771, and sent a letter to the governor regarding the matter.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Business Life in Pursuit of Economic and Political Advantages in Early-Nineteenth-Century Finland" (PDF). JYVÄSKYLÄ STUDIES IN HUMANITIES 195. 2012. Retrieved 2016-07-14. 
2. ^ "Baer, Anna Elisabeth (1722 - 1799) | Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura". Kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-14. 
3. ^ Historiallinen aikakauskirja. 2005. p. 214. 
4. ^ Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland (2005). Dialog och särart: människor, samhällen och idéer från Gustav Vasa till nutid. Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. p. 147. ISBN 978-951-583-126-2. 
5. ^ Irma Sulkunen; Seija-Leena Nevala-Nurmi; Pirjo Markkola (18 December 2008). Suffrage, Gender and Citizenship – International Perspectives on Parliamentary Reforms. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-1-4438-0301-4.