Sara Stockfleth Christie
Sara Stockfleth Christie (6 June 1857 – 11 October 1948) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the
Personal life
She was born in Trondhjem as a daughter of Edvard Christie (1812–1896) and Anne Sophie Knagenhjelm (1821–1907).[1] Her father was a grandson of David Werner Christie,[2] and as such a grandnephew of Werner Hosewinckel Christie and a second cousin of physicist Hartvig Caspar Christie, architect Christian Christie, politician Hans Langsted Christie and writer Johan Koren Christie.[3]
Career
She took a school teacher's exam in 1879, and worked at Thora Storms pikeskole in Trondhjem from 1879 to 1895. She took several short breaks to conduct further studies abroad, in continental Europe. In 1895 she established Frk. Christies skole, a ten-year school for girls which gained the right to hold secondary school examinations from 1897. She managed this school from 1895 to 1918.[1]
She became involved in politics, and was a member of Trondhjem city council from 1907 to 1919. From 1913 to 1927 she was a member of the
She died in October 1948.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sara Stockfleth Christie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Genealogy for Edvard Christie
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 November 2009.