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Marit Johanne Aarum (1903–1956) was a Norwegian economist, liberal politician, civil servant and feminist. Aarum was born on 22 April 1903. She studied at
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and received a
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degree in 1926.


Career

Aarum was an inspector at the
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and served as a representative of the Norwegian government to the international Labour conference in 1948. She worked as an
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expert in
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for six months from 1952 to 1953.Elisabeth Lønnå: ''Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913'',
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, 1996,
Aarum became the vice president of the
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in 1952. When the organisation's president, Ingerid Gjøstein Resi, died in a plane crash in August 1955, Aarum took over as President. She remained president until her death in 1956. During her political career, she was President of the
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branch of the Liberal Party and a member of the
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of Oslo. She was a deputy member of the
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representing Oslo for the
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from 1954 until her death.


Publications

* Midlertidig lov om Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp av 3. desember 1949 : med kommentarer samt en del om Ferieloven og Syketrygdloven, 1949


References

Norwegian women's rights activists 1903 births 1956 deaths Norwegian feminists Liberal Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian economists 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people {{Norway-politician-stub