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Finnish American culture is also celebrated at Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan, formerly Suomi College, which has been the only Finnish American institution of higher learning in the United States since the closing of Work People's College in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941.
Work People's College as it appeared in 1913. Note the parallel American and red flags flying over the building. Work People's College (Finnish: Työväen Opisto) was a radical labor college (a type of a folk high school governed by the worker's movement) established in Smithville (Duluth), then a suburb of Duluth, Minnesota, in 1907 by the Finnish Socialist Federation of the Socialist Party ...
Finnish-American culture. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ...
Finland is also packed with saunas and has a strong welfare state. Several unusual traditions and social norms contribute to the country's culture. Here are seven surprising facts about the ...
Women in Finland enjoy a "high degree of equality" and "traditional courtesy" among men. [3] In 1906, the women of Finland became the first women in Europe to be granted the right to vote. [4] There are many women in Finland who hold prominent positions in Finnish society, in the academics, in the field of business, [4] and in the government of ...
Three Finnish Romani women in Helsinki, Finland, in 1930s. Another nomadic group is the Finnish Gypsies who have existed since the 17th century. For centuries Gypsy men were horse traders, whereas in the post-war era they have turned to horse breeding and dealing in automobiles and scrap metal.
Louise Boyle (1910–2005), documented African-American farm workers in Arkansas during the Great Depression; Marilyn Bridges (born 1948), ancient sites around the world; Deborah Bright (born 1950), is an American photographer, writer, professor, and painter specializing in critical landscape photography and queer photography and painting
Johannes Anderson (1887–1950), Finnish-born U.S. Army soldier during World War I; Medal of Honor recipient; Reino Hayhanen (1920–1961), U.S. spy; Soviet Lt. Colonel who defected to the U.S. during the Cold War; helped break open the Hollow Nickel Case which led to the capture of top Soviet spies in the U.S. looking for atomic secrets ...