Koivisto, Edith, 1881-1981

found: NUCMC data from Finnish American Historical Archive and Museum (Hancock, Mich.) for Her Interview, 1973(Edith A. Koivisto)

found: OCLC, Oct. 17, 2007(hdg.: Koivisto, Edith, 1888-1981; Edith (Laine) Koivisto was born in Kuusenkoski, Finland, and immigrated to Spokane, Wash., in 1910; in 1912, she moved to Smithville, Minn., where she worked at and attended Työväen Opisto (Work People's College); in 1913 she married Arvid Koivisto; they lived in Duluth, Minn., and Quincy, Mass., before settling in Hibbing, Minn., where Arvid worked for the Hibbing Co-op and then for Central Cooperative Wholesale; in Hibbing, Edith Koivisto participated in numerous choral and theatrical groups, published articles in the Hibbing newspapers, and wrote many plays in Finnish and English as well as various histories of the Finnish Americans in the Hibbing area)