Margarete Bonnevie
Margarete Bonnevie in a 1930s tobacco advertisement featuring famous contemporaries
Margarete Ottilie Bonnevie (née Skattebøl) (13 December 1884, Nesbyen — 28 March 1970, Oslo) was a Norwegian author, feminist and politician for the Liberal Party of Norway. She was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights 1936–1946, and is credited with reviving the women's movement in the 1930s. She also served as a board member of the International Alliance of Women 1939–1949. She was a co-founder of the Human-Ethical Association in 1956, and a member of its first board until 1958. She also served as President of the Oslo branch of the women's association of the Liberal Party and as a deputy member of the Oslo City Council in the 1930s.[1] She was a daughter of Conservative Party leader, Supreme Court Justice and Member of Parliament Ole Larsen Skattebøl, and was married to Supreme Court Justice Thomas Bonnevie.
Books
- Ord som lever : En samling av norske og utenlandske citater og slagord – (1928)
- Ekteskap og arbeide – sakprosa (1932)
- Familiekrisen og botemidler mot den – sakprosa (1935)
- Patriarkatets siste skanse – sakprosa (1948)
- Fra mannssamfunn til menneskesamfunn – sakprosa (1957)
- Forslag til lov om barnetilleggskasse for lønnstakere, fremsatt for Odelstinget 20. februar 1956 – sakprosa (1956)
- Fra likestilling til undertrykkelse – sakprosa (1964)
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