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

  1. ↑ The women's movement in Denmark , Kvinfo.dk
  2. ↑ How Danish women got the vote, kvinfo.dk
  3. ↑ "Dansk Kvindesamfund 1871-" (in Danish). Aarhus Universitet. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Lundbye, Nina Christine; Kaasgaard Poulsen, Kirstine; Skovgaard, Mette Liv (2005). "Dansk Kvindesamfund" (PDF) (in Danish). Roskilde Universitetscenter. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Lous, Eva (March 1996). "Dansk Kvindesamfunds Arkiv" (PDF) (in Danish). Statsbiblioteket. ISBN 87-7507-211-4. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  6. ↑ Rimmen Nielsen, Hanne; Lous, Eva. "Dansk Kvindesamfund" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Den Store Danske. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

Literature

  • Gyrithe Lemche: Dansk Kvindesamfund gennem 40 Aar (1912)
  • Eva Hemmer Hansen: Blåstrømper, rødstrømper, uldstrømper. Dansk Kvindesamfunds historie i 100 år, Grevas, 1970
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