Caja Rude

Caja Rude née Løvgreen (1884–1949) was a popular Danish novelist, short story writer and journalist. Most of her works were for young women but she also wrote for adults. A keen supporter of women's rights, she frequently addressed the need for women to be better educated in order to become self-sufficient and take up jobs in industry. She covered women's affairs for the journal Social-Democraten. Her most popular work Kammerat Tinka emphasizes women's education, class consciousness and the need for a working-class culture.

Biography Born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 11 July 1884, Caja Løvgreen was the daughter of Axel Peter Carl Løvgreen (born 1847), a stationmaster, and his wife Wilhelmine Christine née Oest (1859–1939). She was one of the family's eight children. In July 1907, she married the factory foreman Lauritz Christian Rude (1879–1965).