1. Gertrud Virginia Adelborg was a Swedish teacher, feminist and leading member of the women's rights movement.
14 Facts About Gertrud Adelborg
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Gertrud Adelborg was born on 10 September 1853 at Karlskrona in Blekinge County, Sweden.
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Gertrud Adelborg was the daughter of Naval Captain and nobleman Bror Jacob Adelborg and his wife Hedvig Catharina af Uhr.
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Gertrud Adelborg was the sister of book illustrator Ottilia Adelborg and textile artist Maria Adelborg.
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Gertrud Adelborg worked as a teacher from 1874 to 1879, and was employed at Svea Court of Appeal from 1881 to 1883.
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Gertrud Adelborg was active within the Swedish women's movement and the struggle for women's suffrage.
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Gertrud Adelborg worked for the bureau of the Fredrika Bremer Association from 1884 to 1907 and was a member of the central committee of FBF from 1897 to 1915.
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Gertrud Adelborg initiated the FBF Country School for Women at Rimforsa in Ostergotland where she belonged to the school board from 1907 to 1921.
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The delegation was headed by Agda Montelius, accompanied by Gertrud Adelborg, who had written the demand.
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Gertrud Adelborg was a member of the central committee in the National Association for Women's Suffrage from 1903 to 1906.
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Gertrud Adelborg reminded Oscar II of the reforms regarding women's rights which had been passed by his father King Oscar I of Sweden, and continued by expressing her hope that "the son of Oscar I would attach his name to a suggestion of women's suffrage".
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Gertrud Adelborg was a co-founder of the anti-sex trafficking organization Vaksamhet.
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Gertrud Adelborg was awarded the Swedish Royal Medal of Illis Quorum in 1907.
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Gertrud Adelborg died in 1942 and was buried in Gagnef.