Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller | |
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Born | Cathrine Anker 23 October 1868 |
Died | 20 August 1945 | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | Children's rights advocate, reproductive rights pioneer, lecturer |
Spouse | Kai Møller |
Children | Tove Mohr |
Parent | Herman Anker |
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Katti Anker Møller (23 October 1868 – 20 August 1945) was a Norwegian feminist, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights. [1]
Biography
She was born Cathrine Anker in
She married her cousin
In collaboration with her brother-in-law
She then turned her attention to decriminalizing abortion in Norway, an idea she presented through a lecture called "the liberation of motherhood", with the subtitle "the production of children under culture, the woman's right to decide over her own body". As a socialist, she declared that "The basis of all freedom is the right to dispose of one's own body, and what is in it. The opposite is the condition of a slave."[7] This was met with broad opposition, also from some women. She was not dissuaded, and continued her efforts, adding birth control to her causes. In spite of opposition from opinion leaders such as Sigrid Undset, she managed to establish the first "hygiene office" in Oslo to inform women on contraception. [8]
The Norwegian National Women's Council (Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd) was founded in 1904 as an umbrella organization for various Norwegian women's associations. She served as a member of the organization, together with fellow rights activists Karen Grude Koht, Fredrikke Marie Qvam, Gina Krog, and Betzy Kjelsberg.[9]
References
- ^ Elisabeth Lønnå. "Katti Anker Møller". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Oddvar Vormeland. "Herman Anker". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Katti Anker Møller". Norsk Kvinnesaksforening. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "History of Thorsø Herregård". Thorsø Herregård. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Øivind Bjørnson. "Johan Castber". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- S2CID 144155372.
- ^ Elisabeth Lønnå. "Katti Anker Møller". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ Elisabeth Lønnå. "Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
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