Anne Bolette Holsen (21 July 1856 – 1 June 1913) was a Norwegian schoolteacher and proponent for

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

. She was a co-founder of

Kvindestemmeretsforeningen Kvindestemmeretsforeningen (KSF) was a Norwegian association for women suffrage, active from 1885 until 1913. Kvindestemmeretsforeningen was founded in Kristiania by a group of ten women. Among its founders were Gina Krog, Anne Holsen, Anna Rogsta ...

in 1885, and chaired the organization from 1897 until her death.

Personal life

Holsen was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

to Ole Rasmussen Holsen and Synnøve Høisæth. She died in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

in 1913.

Career

Holsen was educated as schoolteacher, and from 1879 she was appointed at a primary school in Sofienberg in Kristiania. She took part in organizational work, and was active in the association Kristiania Lærerinneforening. In 1900 she established a secondary school for girls ( no, fortsettelsesskole for unge piger) at Grünerløkka in Kristiania, along with

Anna Rogstad Anna Georgine Rogstad (26 July 1854 – 8 November 1938) was a Norwegian politician, women's rights activist and educator. A member of the conservative-liberal Liberal Left Party, she was Norway's first female Member of Parliament. A teacher b ...

and Göthilde Næss. The school was the first of its kind, and was taken over by Kristiania municipality in 1909, and served as a model for similar schools ( no, fortsettelsesskole/framhaldsskole) in other cities in Norway. She was a co-founder of

in 1885, among with

Gina Krog Jørgine Anna Sverdrup "Gina" Krog (20 June 1847 – 14 April 1916) was a Norwegian suffragist, teacher, liberal politician, writer and editor, and a major figure in liberal feminism in Scandinavia. She played a central role in the Norwegian l ...

Ragna Nielsen Ragna Vilhelmine Nielsen (née Ullmann) (17 July 1845 – 29 September 1924) was a Norwegian pedagogue, school headmistress, publicist, organizer, politician and feminist. Personal life Ragna Nielsen was born in Christiania (now Oslo) to Jø ...

and others, and chaired the organization from 1897 until her death.

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