Makela, Canth edited her own journal, Vapaita aatteita ('Free ideas'), oriented towards the international discussion which was then opening up new views of the world the journal was, however, soon buried by the censors and a lack of funds. Minna Canth began her literary career writing for a newspaper edited by her husband, and she later became the first Finnish-speaking female journalist to work independently as an editor. Her success in managing the "Tampereen Unkakauppa" draper's shop, which had previously belonged to her rather, not only provided a living for her family but also gave her the financial freedom for her literary pursuits and social activism. The next phase in Canth's life - and an unsuitable one for the widow of a college teacher - began in winter 1880, when she moved to Kuopio and became a businesswoman. Her first book of short stories had appeared in 1878 and her first play Murtovarkam ("The Burglary") existed in manuscript form.
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