Helvi Sipilä
Finnish Politician
Helvi Linnea Aleksandra Sipilä was a Finnish diplomat, lawyer and politician. She was known as a promoter of women's rights, and was the first-ever female Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1915, Helsinki, Finland
Died: May 15, 2009 (age 94 years), Helsinki, Finland
Spouse: Sauli Sipilä (m. 1939)
Children: Jorma Sipilä
Education: University of Helsinki (1939) and Lahden yhteiskoulun säätiö (1933)