The monologue (For the Love of Human Dignity) play tells the story of an exceptionally talented Finnish woman, Ulrika Wilhelmiina Johnson (March 19, 1844 – May 12, 1897), better known as Minna Canth.

Was she a submissive wife or an independent woman? A happy mother or an exhausted single parent? A profit-driven entrepreneur or a defender of the poor?

Or perhaps all of these things?

Minna was a complex person who shocked 19th-century Finnish society with her outspoken writings and lifestyle.

From an early age, Minna’s children understood that their mother – a forward-thinking, modern woman of her time – existed not only for her own children, but also for others.

Despite her periods of depression, Minna was actively involved in numerous projects and enthusiastically participated in social life, living:

anything but a sleeping, half-dead life!

Script and Minna's role: Marika Sampio-Utriainen

Direction, costumes, set design: Katriina Veikkola

Duration: 45 minutes

Free entry

Minna C. - rakkaudesta ihmisarvoon

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