About Rachel Grepp
Lived 1879 – 1961 (aged 82). Rachel Grepp was a Norwegian politician, journalist and feminist.
Rachel Catharina Helland Grepp, née Helland (5 March 1879 – 24 May 1961) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.
She was among the founders of Bergens Socialdemokratiske Ungdomslag in 1902. From 1923 to 1945 she was a journalist in Arbeiderbladet, a member of Oslo city council as well as international secretary and member of the women's secretariat in the Labour Party. These positions were de facto suspended from 1940 due to the German occupation of Norway.
She was the Labour Party's eighth ballot candidate in the 1924 parliamentary election and the eighth ballot candidate in the 1927 election. This time she was elected as fourth deputy.
She was married to Kyrre Grepp (1879–1922). their son Ole Grepp (1914–1976) was an actor, and their son Asle Grepp (1919–1945) was executed as a Norwegian World War II resistance member.
A close friend of Alexandra Kollontai.
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Who was Rachel Grepp?
Norwegian politician and journalist (1879–1961)
When was Rachel Grepp born?
Rachel Grepp was born on 5 March 1879 in Bergen.
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Rachel Grepp died on 24 May 1961 in Oslo.
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Rachel Grepp was a politician, journalist and feminist.
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Rachel Grepp was Norwegian.
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