Tartu Eesti Naesterahva Selts

Tartu Eesti Naesterahva Selts was an Estonian organisation for women's rights, founded in 1907. It was the first women's rights organization in Estonia and the Baltic countries. Leading members were Leena Gross, Lilli Muna and Marie Reisik.

As in the other Baltic countries, no political organizations could exist prior to the introduction of Parliamentatism in Russia in 1905. The organization mainly focused on women's rights to university studies, access to professions and equal pay for equal work. After Estonian independence, it organized the first women's congress in 1917, and a number of smaller women's groups were formed. Women's suffrage was introduced early after the nations independence.

References

• Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz, Ruth Rubio-Marín: The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens