Elisabeth Grundtvig
Danish activist, editor, writer
About Elisabeth Grundtvig
Lived 1856 – 1945 (aged 88). Elisabeth Grundtvig was a Danish writer, editor, women's rights activist and parliamentary stenographer.
Johanne Elisabeth Grundtvig (1856–1945) was a prominent Danish women's rights activist, parliamentary stenographer, leading member of the Danish Women's Society and editor of the organization's periodical Kvinden og Samfundet. In the 1880s, she was behind heated discussion on sexual morality calling for unmarried women to uphold their chastity.
Biography Born on 1 December 1856 in Copenhagen, Johanne Elisabeth Gtundtvig was the daughter of the archivist Johan Diderik Nicolaj Blicher Grundtvig (1822–1907) and Oline Vilhelmine Christiane Stenersen (1828–1893). She was the granddaughter of the influential philosopher N.F.S. Grundtvig.
Elisabeth Grundtvig died in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 10 February 1945.
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Danish activist, editor, writer
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Elisabeth Grundtvig was born on 1 December 1856 in Copenhagen.
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Elisabeth Grundtvig died on 10 February 1945 in Frederiksberg.
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Elisabeth Grundtvig was a writer, editor, women's rights activist and parliamentary stenographer.
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Elisabeth Grundtvig was Danish.
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