Anne Marie Elisabeth Rée (1835-1900) was a Danish newspaper publisher who ran

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

's local newspaper, ''

Aalborg Stiftstidende ''Aalborg Stiftstidende'' was a Danish language newspaper based in Aalborg, Denmark. The paper was published between 1767 and 1999 and is the predecessor of ''Nordjyske Stiftstidende''. History and profile The paper was established by a group of ...

'', from 1868 (alone from 1872) until her death. She was the daughter of the editor Peter Seedorff. In 1852, when 17, she married Bernhard Rée, a friend of her father and the paper's editor. Her husband died in 1868, when she was only 33. As a result, she inherited the newspaper together with another female member, Jensine Borch. She was involved from 1868 onward, though initially left the daily management to her employed editor Emil Carlsen, and shared responsibility with Borch. She was however actively involved from the start, showed great interest and proved to be an able editor, and when Borch died in 1872, she assumed full and sole responsibility for the paper. Under her leadership and her support for the Venstre political party, the paper became critical of the government in office. As a result, she was forced to take a more moderate approach although from the 1880s, she openly supported votes for women and published articles in support of

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 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ree, Marie 1835 births 1860 deaths 19th-century Danish publishers (people) People from Aalborg