Eleni Skoura, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Greek politician, first female member of parliament in Greece
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Place of Birth: Volos, Thessaly, Greece
About Eleni Skoura
- Eleni Skoura (????? S????a, 21 December 1896 – 4 February 1991) was the first female member of parliament in Greece, elected in a by-election in January 1953, following the first official women's vote in that country in the November 1952 general elections.
- Women had previously been allowed to vote, and five women had been elected, in the 1944 elections for the National Council set up by the Greek Resistance.
- She represented Thessaloniki and had run against another woman, Virginia Zanna.
- Skoura was a member of the conservative Greek Rally.
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