Danish Women's Society
The Danish Women's Society (Danish: Dansk Kvindesamfund) is the world's oldest women's rights organisation, founded in 1871 by Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer, a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It publishes the world's oldest women's magazine, Kvinden & Samfundet (Women and Society), established in 1885.[1][2] The Danish Women's Society is a member of the International Alliance of Women.
Presidents
Presidents of the Danish Women's Society have been:[3][4][5][6]
- Matilde Bajer (1871)
- Severine Casse (1871–1872)
- Caroline Testman (1872–1883)
- Marie Rovsing (1883–1887)
- Kirstine Frederiksen (1887–1894)
- Jutta Bojsen-Møller (1894–1910)
- Astrid Stempe Feddersen (1912–1918)
- Julie Arenholt (1918–1921)
- Gyrithe Lemche (1921–1922)
- Karen Hessel [1922–1924)
- Elisa Petersen (1924–1931)
- Marie Hjelmer (1931–1936)
- Edel Saunte (1936–1941)
- Andrea Hedegaard (1941–1943)
- Ingrid Larsen (1943–1947)
- Margrethe Petersen (1947–1948)
- Erna Sørensen (1948–1951)
- Hanne Budtz (1951–1956)
- Karen Rasmussen (1956–1958)
- Lis Groes (1958–1964)
- Inger Wilfred Jensen (1963–1966)
- Nathalie Lind (1966–1968)
- Eva Hemmer Hansen (1968–1971)
- Grete Munk (1971–1974)
- Grethe Fenger Møller (1974–1981)
- Jytte Thorbek (1981–1983)
- Helle Jarlmose (1983–1987)
- Lene Pind (1987–1991)
- Benthe Stig (1991–1993)
- Brita Foged (1993–1995)
- Lenie Persson (1995–1999)
- Karen Hallberg (1999-2011)
- Lisa Holmfjord (2011–)
References
- ^ The women's movement in Denmark , Kvinfo.dk
- ^ How Danish women got the vote, kvinfo.dk
- ^ "Dansk Kvindesamfund 1871-" (in Danish). Aarhus Universitet. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Lundbye, Nina Christine; Kaasgaard Poulsen, Kirstine; Skovgaard, Mette Liv (2005). "Dansk Kvindesamfund" (PDF) (in Danish). Roskilde Universitetscenter. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lous, Eva (March 1996). "Dansk Kvindesamfunds Arkiv" (PDF) (in Danish). Statsbiblioteket. ISBN 87-7507-211-4. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ Rimmen Nielsen, Hanne; Lous, Eva. "Dansk Kvindesamfund" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Den Store Danske. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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Literature
- Gyrithe Lemche: Dansk Kvindesamfund gennem 40 Aar (1912)
- Eva Hemmer Hansen: Blåstrømper, rødstrømper, uldstrømper. Dansk Kvindesamfunds historie i 100 år, Grevas, 1970