Anna Hvoslef

Anna Hvoslef (born 1866, died 11 March 1954) was one of the first Norwegian female journalists and a women's rights pioneer. She was employed as a journalist by the leading conservative daily Aftenposten from 1897 to 1935 as its first female journalist. As a journalist, she had a main focus on literature. She also published travel literature from her travels in Europe and the Americas. She was the first female member of the Association of the Conservative Press and was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1930 to 1935.[1]

References

  1. Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996, ISBN 8205244952


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