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Danish women's rights activists

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Nielsine Nielsen
First female academic and physician in Denmark (1850-1916)
Mathilde Fibiger
Danish feminist, novelist, and telegraphist (1830–1872)
Matilde Bajer
Danish women's rights activist and pacifist
Natalie Zahle
Danish women's rights activist (1827–1913)
Annestine Beyer
Pedagogue
Gyrithe Lemche
Danish author and women's rights activist, editor (1866-1945)
Karen Ankersted
Danish politician
Julie Arenholt
Danish civil engineer, women's rights activist and politician
Charlotte Norrie
Danish nurse and women's rights activist
Astrid Stampe Feddersen
feminist
Anna Hude
Danish historian and women's rights campaigner
Johanne Cathrine Krebs
Danish painter (1848-1924)
Eva Hemmer Hansen
Danish journalist
Mary Westenholz
Danish Unitarian, women's rights activist, writer and editor
Sophie Alberti
Danish women's rights activist
Mathilde Malling Hauschultz
Danish politician (1885-1929)
Olga Knudsen
Danish politician (1865-1947)
Bodil Begtrup
Danish diplomat (1903-1987)
Elisabeth Grundtvig
Danish activist, editor, writer
Johanne Meyer
Danish suffragist, pacifist and journal editor (1838-1915)
Henriette Nielsen
Danish author (1815-1900)
Thora Pedersen
Danish women's rights activist (1875-1954)
Helga Larsen
politician (1884-1947)
Caroline Testman
Danish activist
Ulla Dahlerup
Danish women's rights activist and novelist (born 1942)
Else Zeuthen
Danish peace activist and politician (1897-1975)
Anna Westergaard
Danish women's rights activist and politician
Mette Groes
Danish politician (1937-2014)
Emma Holten
Danish feminist activist
Bente Hansen
Danish politician
Vibeke Salicath
Danish feminist and journal editor
Inger Gamburg
trades union activist, Communist politician (1892-1979)
Helen Clay Pedersen
British-born Danish women's rights activist (1862-1950)
Jaquette Liljencrantz
editor (1845-1920)
Kirstine Frederiksen
Danish pedagogue and women's rights activist
Ragnhild Nikoline Andersen
Danish trade unionist, politician and communist party member
Karen Dahlerup
Danish politician (1920–2018)
Jutta Bojsen-Møller
Danis women's rights activist, member of Danish Women's Society
Pauline Worm
Danish writer and feminist
Trille
Trille Bodil Nielsen, also Gudrun Bodil Nielsen, (1945–2016) was a Danish singer, guitarist and women's rights activist. In the 1960s, she began to sing mainly traditional folk songs and children's songs. After singing Jesper Jensen's controversial song "Øjet" (The Eye) on the TV programme Musikalske venner (Musical Friends) in 1970, she gained immediate popularity. A few years later, her album Hej søster (Hi Sister) with her own songs about the problems faced by women saw the beginning of a successful career as both a songwriter and a singer. She suddenly completely retired from the limelight
Severine Casse
Danish women's rights activist
Thora Knudsen
Nurse and women's rights activist
Anne Bruun
Danish women's rights activist
Anna Laursen
Danish educator and women's rights activist
Birgitte Berg Nielsen
Danish women's rights activist and educator
Frida Schmidt
Danish women's rights activist
Charlotte Klein
Danish educator and women's rights activist
Inger Gautier Schmit
Danish politician (1877-1963)
Marie Hjelmer
Danish women's rights activist and politician (1869-1937)
Elisa Petersen
Danish politician and women's rights activist