11 Facts About Anna Hierta-Retzius

Anna Hierta-Retzius was the daughter of Lars Johan Hierta, the founder of Aftonbladet, and Wilhelmina Froding.

Anna Hierta-Retzius was raised in an intellectual environment, her father being the manager of a progressive newspaper, and artists, writers and politicians being common guests in her home.

Anna Hierta-Retzius was engaged in the question of women's education.

Anna Hierta-Retzius disliked girl schools and was a supporter of co-education, and she supported Karl Edvard Palmgren and his co-educational Praktiska arbetsskolan, where she introduced the subject of gymnastic and cooking in an effort to improve the health of the students.

Anna Hierta-Retzius engaged in health reform, wishing to introduce gymnastics to the educational system for girls.

Anna Hierta-Retzius proposed this to Hogre lararinneseminariet in the 1860s, and in 1880, she founded the Stockholm Museum of Gymnastics, which she donated to the city in 1892.

Anna Hierta-Retzius initiated it inspired by her father, who had petitioned the parliament several times in the issue of the property rights and legal status of married women, and after his death in 1872, she wished to continue his work.

Anna Hierta-Retzius opposed the merge, but once it was made, she did support the FBF.

Anna Hierta-Retzius was active within the Swedish Dress Reform Society.

Anna Hierta-Retzius founded the charity fund Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne, which she used to support numerous philanthropic issues, scientific discoveries, culture and social reform.

The work of Anna Hierta-Retzius entered a new phase in the 1880s.