26 September 1971(1971-09-26) (aged 81) Panevėžys, Soviet Union
Salomėja Stakauskaitė (20 May 1890 – 26 September 1971) was a Lithuanian educator and politician. In 1920 she was one of five women elected to the Constituent Assembly, Lithuania's first female parliamentarians. She remained a member of parliament until 1922.
Biography
Stakauskaitė was born in Užliaušiai in 1890. She attended Liepāja Gymnasium from 1902 until 1909, after which she lived with her brother Juozas, a pastor in Panevėžys and did pedagogical work. After the establishment of Saulė seminary in Panevėžys, she became a teacher in the institution. She spent two years studying in Warsaw, attending lectures in pedagogy and natural sciences. She returned to Panevėžys during World War I and organised courses for teachers. Between 1918 and 1920 she lived in Jurbarkas, where she worked in the new gymnasium established by the Saulė Society.