Jaquette Liljencrantz (1848–1920) was a Danish (originally Swedish) writer, journalist,

Women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), 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 c ...

activist and socialist. She was employed by the Danish Social Democratic newspaper ''

Social-Demokraten ''Social-Demokraten'' () was a Swedish daily Social Democratic newspaper, belonging to the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The paper was founded in 1885 by Axel Danielsson and August Palm. Palm also edited the paper from 1885 to 1886. Another ...

'' in 1875. She became the first female member of the

Social Democrats (Denmark) The Social Democrats ( , , S) is a Social democracy, social democratic list of political parties in Denmark, political party in Denmark. A member of the Party of European Socialists, the Social Democrats have 50 out of 179 members of the Danish p ...

in 1876. Her older sister,

Lotten von Plomgren Charlotta (''Lotten'') Johanna Jakobina von Plomgren (13 October 1831 – 20 July 1916), was a Swedish activist for civil defence. She was one of the founders of Swedish Women's Association for the Defence of the Fatherland and was its president f ...

(1831-1916), was one of the founders of Svenska kvinnoföreningen för fosterlandets försvar, (the Swedish Women's Association for the Defence of the Fatherland). Her niece was

Ida von Plomgren Ida Amalia von Plomgren (9 September 1870 – 26 March 1960) was a Swedish feminist, writer and administrator, and one of the first Swedish women's Foil (fencing), foil fencing champions. She was best known to friends by her nickname "Plom". Ea ...

, a Swedish feminist and one of the first Swedish women's foil fencing champions.

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