Gertrud Adelborg
Gertrud Adelborg | |
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Born | Karlskrona, Sweden | 10 September 1853
Died | 25 January 1942 | (aged 88)
Resting place | Gagnef, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Educator, suffragist |
Gertrud Virginia Adelborg (10 September 1853 – 25 January 1942) was a Swedish teacher, feminist and leading member of the women's rights movement.[1]
Biography
Gertrud Adelborg was born on 10 September 1853 at Karlskrona in Blekinge County, Sweden. She was the daughter of Naval Captain and nobleman Bror Jacob Adelborg (1816–1865) and his wife Hedvig Catharina af Uhr (1820–1903). She was the sister of book illustrator Ottilia Adelborg (1855–1936) and textile artist Maria Adelborg (1849–1940). She never married. Adelborg was educated by a governess at home and in girls' schools. She worked as a teacher from 1874 to 1879, and was employed at Svea Court of Appeal (Swedish: Svea hovrätt) from 1881 to 1883.
Adelborg was active within the Swedish women's movement and the struggle for women's suffrage. She worked for the bureau of the Fredrika Bremer Association (FBF) from 1884 to 1907 (from 1886 as chairperson of the Stockholm chapter) and was a member of the central committee of FBF from 1897 to 1915. She initiated the FBF Country School for Women (Swedish: Landthushållningsskola för kvinnor) at Rimforsa in Östergötland where she belonged to the school board from 1907 to 1921.
In 1899, a delegation from the FBF presented a suggestion of women's suffrage to Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström. The delegation was headed by Agda Montelius, accompanied by Adelborg, who had written the demand. This was the first time the Swedish women's movement themselves had officially presented a demand for suffrage.
Adelborg was a member of the central committee in the
Adelborg lived in retirement at
References
- ^ a b "Gertrud Adelborg". WordPress. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ a b Barbro Hedwall (2011). Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist. red. Vår rättmätiga plats. Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt (Stockholm: Förlag Bonnier)
- ^ Lisbeth Larsson. "Gertrud Virginia Adelborg". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
Other sources
- Barbro Hedwall; Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist, red.(2011) Vår rättmätiga plats. Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag) ISBN 978-91-7424-119-8(Swedish)
- Walborg Hedberg; Louise Arosenius (1914) Svenska kvinnor från skilda verksamhetsområden (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag)