Johanne Meyer
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Johanne Marie Abrahammine Meyer née Petersen (1838–1915) was a Danish
Biography
Born on 1 July 1838 in Aalborg, Johanne Marie Abrahammine Petersen was the daughter of the customs officer Lauritz Petersen (1802–1856) and Sophie Frederikke Lundberg (1799–c.1863). In 1858, she married Emil Lauritz Meyer (1833–1917), a Jewish merchant who converted to Christianity. After living in Nyborg until 1867, the couple moved to Copenhagen where her husband became a licensed retailer and she ran a small private school.[1]
In 1885, she began writing articles on English pacifism for the political journal Social-Demokraten. As a result of the women's strike at Ruben's textile factory in 1886, she became a committed socialist, supporting equal rights for women and universal suffrage. In July 1888 at the Nordic Women's Meeting (Nordiske Kvindesagsmøde) held in Copenhagen, she campaigned energetically for
In 1889, together with
Johanne Meyer died in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg on 4 February 1915.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Vammen, Tinne. "Johanne Meyer (1838 - 1915)" (in Danish). kvinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ Koch Schiøler, Anna (1984). "Johanne Meyer" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Nordiske Kvindesagsmøde 1888" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ a b Koch Schiøler, Anna; Dahlsgård, Inga (1884). "Johanne Meyer" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "In Feminine Fields: Denmark to the Fore". The Times-Democrat. 8 October 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ Vammen, Tinne. "Johanne Meyer" (in Danish). Gyldendal: Den Store Danske. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
External links
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