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Estonian educator (1902–1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erika Siilivask (until 1923 Erika Leontine Vassar; May 26, 1902 – August 27, 1993) was an Estonian pedagogue and school principal.
Erika Siilivask | |
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Born | |
Died | August 27, 1993 91) | (aged
Nationality | Estonian |
Occupation | Educator |
Erika Siilivask was born Erika Leontine Vassar in Jõksi, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, the daughter of Gustav Vassar (or Wassar, 1869–?) and Elisabeth (Betti) Vassar (née Teever, 1879 – c. 1969). She married Karl Aleksander Siilivask (1899–1941) and was the mother of the historian Karl Siilivask (1927–2017).[1]
Siilivask studied at the Kanepi Parish school and Võru County Public Education Society Girls High School. In 1928, she graduated from the Pallas Art School in Tartu as a drawing teacher.[1]
Starting in 1928, Siilivask worked as a substitute teacher in the schools of Võru County. In 1941, she became the head of the education department of the Võru County Executive Committee.[2] From March to July 1943, she was the head of the Magnitogorsk orphanage, and from the fall of 1943 the director of the Uvelka Children's Home in the Chelyabinsk Oblast.[3] From 1944 to 1946, she was the head of the education department of Võru County,[4] and from 1945 to 1946 a member of the executive committee of the Council of Workers' Deputies of Võru County.[5][6] From 1946 to 1961, she was the principal of Tartu Secondary School No. 3.[7]
She died in Tallinn and is buried in Võru Cemetery.
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