Kvindevalgretsforeningen (KVF), or the Women's Suffrage Association, was a Danish organization established by
Line Luplau
Line Luplau (1823–1891) was a Danish feminist and suffragist. She was the co-founder of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (Danish Women's Society Suffrage Union) and first chairperson in 1889–1891.
Life
Line Luplau was born ...
in 1889 specifically to promote
women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffra ...
. The association not only organized meetings on voting rights but participated in electoral meetings, asking candidates how they felt about women's participation in provincial and national elections.
[ The first meeting was held on 15 February 1889 with 1,500 participants. In addition to Luplau, ]Louise Nørlund
Marie Sørine ''Louise'' Nørlund (1854–1919) was a Danish feminist and pacifist. She was the founder and chairman of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (the Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Union) in 1898–1907 and 1908–19 ...
and Johanne Meyer
Johanne Marie Abrahammine Meyer née Petersen (1838–1915) was a Danish suffragist, pacifist and journal editor. A pioneering member of various women's societies, from 1889 she served on the board of the pacifist organization '' Dansk Fredsforen ...
, there were also some prominent gentlemen in the audience, including Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer (21 April 1837 – 22 January 1922) was a Denmark, Danish writer, teacher, and pacifism, pacifist politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson.
Life
He was son of a clergyman born in Næ ...
and Jens Christian Hostrup
Jens Christian Hostrup (20 May 1818 in Copenhagen – 21 November 1892 in Frederiksberg) was a Danish poet, dramatist and priest. Comforting and encouraging the people, he created poems that filled the hearts of his compatriots. His precise pers ...
.
After the death of Luplau in 1891, interest in the organization diminished.
Nevertheless, in 1891 Louise Nørlund, who had assisted Luplaus from the start, became president of KVF but retired in 1893 to return to family life. Nielsine Nielsen
Nielsine Nielsen (10 June 1850 – 8 October 1916) was the first female academic and physician in Denmark.
She graduated in 1885 and in 1889 she established her own medical practice and worked as a general practitioner. She was active in the gende ...
then took over the presidency until 1898 when the organization was dissolved. Its interests were then taken over by the Copenhagen chapter of the Danish Women's Society
The Danish Women's Society or DWS () is Denmark's oldest women's rights organization. It was founded in 1871 by activist Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer; Fredrik was a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The as ...
.
;Presidents:
* 1889-1891: Line Luplau
Line Luplau (1823–1891) was a Danish feminist and suffragist. She was the co-founder of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (Danish Women's Society Suffrage Union) and first chairperson in 1889–1891.
Life
Line Luplau was born ...
* 1891-1893: Louise Nørlund
Marie Sørine ''Louise'' Nørlund (1854–1919) was a Danish feminist and pacifist. She was the founder and chairman of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (the Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Union) in 1898–1907 and 1908–19 ...
* 1893-1898: Nielsine Nielsen
Nielsine Nielsen (10 June 1850 – 8 October 1916) was the first female academic and physician in Denmark.
She graduated in 1885 and in 1889 she established her own medical practice and worked as a general practitioner. She was active in the gende ...
See also
*Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening
The Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (KF), or Women's Progress Association, was a Danish women's association which was founded in 1885 by Matilde Bajer and Elisabeth Ouchterlony. They had both been co-founders of the Danish Women's Society (Dansk K ...
(Women's Progress Association)
References
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Women's organizations based in Denmark
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Women's suffrage in Denmark
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