Aadel Lampe

Aadel Lampe
9th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In office
1922–1926
Preceded by Randi Blehr
Succeeded by Fredrikke Mørck
Personal details
Born 10 May 1857
Died 1944
Nationality Norway
Political party

Aadel Lampe (born 10 May 1857-died 1944) was a Norwegian women's rights leader, teacher for deaf children and suffragist in the late 19th and early 20th century. [1]

Biography

Aadel Lampe was born at Stranda in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Her father, Claus Ernst Lampe, was a parish priest. She graduated from Hartvig Nissens skole in Kristiania (now Oslo) and was then employed as a teacher at Hedevig Rosings skole, a school for deaf children in Kristiania. [2][3][4]

She was one of the early leaders of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, and served as its President from 1922 to 1926. She joined the board of the organization in the 1890s and served as Vice President during the terms 1899–1903, 1912–1917, and 1919 and 1921, when Fredrikke Marie Qvam and Randi Blehr were Presidents.[5]

Lampe was originally a member of the Liberal Party, but later joined the conservative-liberal Free-minded Liberal Party, where she was a board member of the party's women's association.Together with Randi Blehr and Cecilie Thoresen Krog, she was a co-signatory of a letter to the national government which called for women being admitted to the civil service.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Aadel Lampe". Norsk Kvinnesaksforenings. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Døvelærer Ådel Lampe" (PDF). NYE Journal for Døve, Nr. 3, Årgang 26. September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-16. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Hartvig Nissens skole". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Thorbjørn Johan Sander. "Hedevig Rosing". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Aslaug Moksnes. Likestilling eller særstilling? Norsk kvinnesaksforening 1884–1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1984, ISBN 82-05-15356-6
  6. ↑ Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, p. 18 and p. 334, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996, ISBN 8205244952
  7. ↑ Thordis Støren, Justitias døtre: de første kvinnelige jurister i Norge, p. 59, Oslo, Universitetsforlaget, 1984, ISBN 8200071723
  • Lønnå, Elisabeth (1996) Stolthet og kvinnekamp : Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913 (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 8205244952
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