Jaquette Liljencrantz

Jaquette Liljencrantz
Born4 February 1845 
Klara Church Parish 
Died13 October 1920  (aged 75)
OccupationEditor 

Jaquette Liljencrantz (1848–1920) was a Danish (originally Swedish) writer, journalist, Women's rights activist and socialist.[1]

She was employed by the Danish Social Democratic newspaper Social-Demokraten in 1875. She became the first female member of the Social Democrats (Denmark) in 1876.

Her older sister, Lotten von Plomgren (1831-1916), was one of the founders of Svenska kvinnoföreningen för fosterlandets försvar, (the Swedish Women's Association for the Defence of the Fatherland).[2] Her niece was Ida von Plomgren, a Swedish feminist and one of the first Swedish women's foil fencing champions.[3]

References

  1. ^ Agnes Jakobina Wilmelmina (Jaquette) Liljencrantz, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/AgnesJakobinaWilmelminaJaquetteLiljencrantz, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (article by Fia Sundevall), accessed 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Charlotta (Lotten) Johanna Jakobina von Plomgren". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  3. ^ "skbl.se - Ida Amalia von Plomgren". skbl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 July 2024.

Further reading