{"id":5703,"date":"2023-09-22T10:44:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T07:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakobstadsmuseum.fi\/mother-westmans-cottage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:23:00","slug":"mother-westmans-cottage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jakobstadsmuseum.fi\/en\/mother-westmans-cottage\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Westman&#8217;s Cottage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5703\" class=\"elementor elementor-5703 elementor-182\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45db5809 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"45db5809\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5925738d\" data-id=\"5925738d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8505e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8505e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mother Westman's Cottage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c4512a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42c4512a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mother Westman&#8217;s cottage was a private infant school. There have been approximately 40 similar infant schools in Jakobstad. Particularly girls and women\u00a0without access to suitable jobs in the town\u00a0earned a living as teachers. There were also male schoolmasters, but in relative small numbers. For many, as for Mother Westman, teaching was the only way to make a living.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-121edc9f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"121edc9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-172ec3c8\" data-id=\"172ec3c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4d5fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c4d5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mother Westman&#8217;s school existed between 1794 and 1828.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for Mother Westman\u2019s Cottage being the only private infant school in Jakobstad to be preserved for posterity is that it was Johan Ludvig Runeberg&#8217;s first school. After all, there were many similar schools in the town.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77fcdd1f\" data-id=\"77fcdd1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bbc6f58 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bbc6f58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-785a8fb5\" data-id=\"785a8fb5\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-228b8af5\" data-id=\"228b8af5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac16040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ac16040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1758\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobstadsmuseum.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Westmans-mor-och-barnen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3901\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jakobstadsmuseum.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Westmans-mor-och-barnen.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/jakobstadsmuseum.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Westmans-mor-och-barnen-300x275.jpg 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anna Lena Envaldia, or Mother Westman, was born in 1744 and came to Jakobstad from Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>She first worked as a maid at Rosenlund rectory and got married in 1776 with sailor Johan Westman. The couple had two sons. She was widowed in 1785 when Johan perished in the Bay of Biscay.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a widow was a cruel fate shared by many women in the seafaring town of Jakobstad. Perhaps the thought of running a school occurred to Anna Lena already then. It is known that she started with teaching weaving. Her mother-in-law was also a seaman&#8217;s widow and Anna Lena&#8217;s son Anders Johan followed in his family&#8217;s footsteps and went to sea. He too disappeared at sea, leaving a young wife and a son. Anna Lena Westman was left to pull the heaviest load for the support of the family.<\/p>\n<p>At the of 80 in 1824, she received gilded silver spoon by Finska hush\u00e5llningss\u00e4llskapet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-317b01b1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"317b01b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55d2e017\" data-id=\"55d2e017\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c56a5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"6c56a5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Westmanmors%20stuga&#038;t=m&#038;z=13&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Westmanmors stuga\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Westmanmors stuga\"\n\t\t\t src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3499e5c0\" data-id=\"3499e5c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c6b1b4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c6b1b4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87e9b02 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"87e9b02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-map-pin\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Visasbacken 1-5, 68600 Jakobstad<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Westman&#8217;s Cottage Mother Westman&#8217;s cottage was a private infant school. 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