What organization did the woman, who Märta Ulfsdotter was the head lady in waiting of, found?
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Märta Ulfsdotter Margareta "Märta" Ulfsdotter, in Norway known as "Merete Ulvsdatter" (1319-1371), was a Swedish noble and lady in waiting. She was the daughter of Saint Bridget of Sweden and the head lady in waiting of Margaret I, Queen of Denmark.
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Margaret I of Denmark Margaret I (Danish: "Margrete Valdemarsdatter" , Norwegian: "Margrete Valdemarsdatter" , Swedish: "Margareta Valdemarsdotter" , Icelandic: "Margrét Valdimarsdóttir" ; 1353 – 28 October 1412), was queen consort of Norway 1363-1380 and Sweden 1363-1364, and later ruler in her own right of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, from which later period there are ambiguities regarding her specific titles. She was the founder of the Kalmar Union, which spanned Scandinavia for over a century. Margaret was known as a wise, energetic and capable leader, earning the nickname "Semiramis of the North", or "the Lady King". Though the latter was a derisive nickname invented by her rival Albert of Mecklenburg, it became widely used in recognition of her capabilities.
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Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff (Russian: Марта Людвиговна Нобель-Олейникова), née Marta Helena Nobel (9 October 1881, Saint Petersburg – 1973, Stockholm), was a Swedish-Russian physician and philanthropist and member of the Nobel family. She was the daughter of industrialist and humanitarian Ludvig Nobel and the niece of Alfred Nobel.
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SD Women The SD Women (Swedish: "SD-kvinnor" ) is a women's wing in Sweden, with connection to the Sweden Democrats. It was established in October 2010.
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Norwegian Guide and Scout Association The Norwegian Guide and Scout Association (Norwegian: "Norges Speiderforbund" , NSF) is a Norwegian Scouting and Guiding association founded in its present form in 1978, when the "Norwegian Boy Scout Organization" (founded in 1911 and among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922) and the "Norwegian Girl Guide Organization" (founded in 1921 and an early member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts) merged.
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Ursulines The term Ursulines refers to a number of religious institutes of the Catholic Church. The best known group was founded in 1535 at Brescia, Italy, by St. Angela Merici (1474–1540), for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy. Their patron saint is Saint Ursula. They are divided into two branches, one being the monastic Order of St. Ursula (post-nominals O.S.U.), among whom the largest group is the Ursulines of the Roman Union, described in this article. The other branch is the Company of St. Ursula, commonly called the "Angelines", who follow the original form of life established by their foundress.
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Anna Hierta-Retzius Anna Wilhelmina Hierta-Retzius, née "Hierta" (24 August 1841 – 21 December 1924), was a Swedish women's rights activist and philanthropist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the "Married Woman's Property Rights Association" (1873), founder and chairperson of the evening school "Torsdagsskolan" in 1864-1874, member of the board in the "Bikupan" association in 1870-1887, Vice Chairperson of the "Married Woman's Property Rights Association" in 1886-1893, member of the board of the "Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne" (The Memorial Foundation of Lars Hierta) in 1878-1911 and its Vice Chairperson in 1911-1924, co-worker in "Aftonbladet" in 1884-1887, founder of the "Adolf Fredriks arbetsstuga för barn" (Adolf Fredrik Work House for Children) in 1887, Chairperson of the central committee of the Stockholm work houses in 1889-1909, chairperson of the Swedish National Council of Women (SKNF) in 1899-1911, Vice Chairperson of the "International Council of Women" (ICW) in 1904-1909.
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Group 8 (Sweden) Group 8 (in Swedish: "Grupp 8") was a feminist organization in Sweden, founded by eight women in Stockholm in 1968. The organization took up various feminist issues such as: demands for expansions of kindergartens, 6-hour working day, equal pay for equal work and opposition to pornography. Initially the organization was based in Stockholm, but later local groups were founded throughout the country. Although Group 8 dissolved in the early 2000s, their influence on feminism in Sweden is still prevalent.
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Stockholm Free World Forum Stockholm Free World Forum (Swedish: "Frivärld") is a foreign policy think tank centered in Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 2011 by Mats Johansson, and is since January 2015 headed by Katarina Tracz.
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Women and the Church Women and the Church is a group of women and men who have been campaigning for gender equality (and especially for the ordination of women as bishops) in the Church of England. The group was initially created during the 1990s as London WATCH in order to ensure the acceptance of female priests in the Church of England. The organization traces its origins to the Movement for the Ordination of Women, which campaigned for the ordination of women as priests in the Church of England. Christina Rees, the group's former chair, welcome the appointment of Jana Jeruma-Grinberga as bishop in the UK's Lutheran Church in 2009.
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Roman Catholic Womenpriests Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) is an independent international organization that asserts a connection to the Roman Catholic Church. It is descended from the Danube Seven, a group of women who assert that they were ordained as priests in 2002 by Rómulo Antonio Braschi, an independent bishop. According to a book published by the organization, "Women Find a Way: The Movement and Stories of Roman Catholic Womenpriests", at least two other unnamed bishops were involved in the ordination. In addition, the RCWP considers these bishops to be in good standing, and the RCWP says the bishops acted in full apostolic succession.
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Margarete Bonnevie 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. 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.
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WomanStats Project The WomanStats Project is a donor-funded research and database project housed at Brigham Young University that "seeks to collect detailed statistical data on the status of women around the world, and to connect that data with data on the security of states." The WomanStats Database has the most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world. Coders comb the extant literature and conduct expert interviews to find qualitative and quantitative information on over 300 indicators of women's status in 174 countries with populations of at least 200,000. Access to the online database is free.
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Thina Thorleifsen Thina Nilsine Thorleifsen (1885–1959) was a Norwegian politician who was active in the women's movement. She was a prominent member of "Den Kvinnelige Tjenerstands Forening" (The Women's Servant Class Association) from 1910 and its chair from 1915. After the association joined the Labour Party, she became a leading member of the Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation from 1918, remaining in key positions until 1953.
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Roskilde Abbey Roskilde Abbey or Our Lady's Abbey, Roskilde ("Roskilde Kloster" or "Vor Frue Kloster") was a monastery of nuns dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin in Roskilde in Denmark. It was founded in the early 12th century for Benedictine nuns, but in 1177 became part of the Cistercian reform movement.
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Princess Cecilia of Sweden Cecilia of Sweden, (Swedish: "Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa") (16 November 1540 in Stockholm – 27 January 1627 in Brussels), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second queen, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern through marriage with Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. She is the most famous of the daughters of Gustav Vasa, known for a courtship scandal in connection with a sister's wedding and for a lengthy stay in England under Elizabeth I where her first child was born.
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Ulrica Catharina Stromberg Ulrica Catharina Stromberg (1710-1777) was a Swedish courtier; "överhovmästarinna" (Mistress of the Robes) to the queen of Sweden, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, from 1754 to 1761.
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Esther Kostøl Esther Marie Kostøl (born 11 December 1936) is a Norwegian trade union leader. She worked for the Norwegian Civil Servants' Association in 1977, and for the Civil Servants' Cartel from 1978 to 1985. She was secretary for the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1985 to 1989 and deputy chair from 1989 to 1997. In 1997, she sat in the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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Eva Swartz Eva Birgitta Swartz Grimaldi, (born 15 April 1956) is a Swedish CEO within the field of culture and media. On 28 June 2007, she was appointed as chairman for investigation into the future of the Swedish culture politics by the Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth. Swartz became the CEO of the book publishers Natur & Kultur on 15 April 2005. Before that she was programme director at TV4 and had a number of CEO roles within the television industry. She was amongst other things the CEO of the production company Meter Film & Television.
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Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (SPAS), or "Svenska freds- och skiljedomsföreningen ", is a non-governmental organization in Sweden, dedicated to peace, disarmament and democratization. It operates by methods including publishing, lobbying, activism and participating in political debates. SPAS has published an array of books and reports. The name of the organization's member's magazine is "Pax". SPAS' central office is situated in Stockholm, headed by current president Agnes Hellström. However, there are about 20 local branches throughout Sweden. The society has a total of about 8500 members.
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Anna Tomaszewicz-Dobrska Anna Tomaszewicz-Dobrska (1854-1918) was the second Polish woman to become a doctor, and the first female Polish doctor to practice in Poland. She obtained her medical degree in 1877 in Zurich. During her fifth year of study in Zurich she worked as an assistant to Professor Edward Hitzig (a German neurologist and psychiatrist) in the Institute for the Mentally Ill. After obtaining her medical degree she worked in Berlin and Vienna for a short time. However, she was not allowed to pass the state exam, which would have given her the right to practice medicine in Poland, and she was refused as a member of the Polish Society of Medicine because she was a woman. She moved to St. Petersburg and passed the state exam there. This allowed her to practice women's health and pediatric medicine within the Polish Kingdom and Russia. In 1882 an epidemic of infection during childbirth broke out in Warsaw, and a few maternity shelters were opened; shelter number 2 (on Prosta Street) was given to Anna to lead, and she led it until 1911. In 1896 she became the first to perform a Caesarean section in Warsaw.
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Agda Montelius Agda Georgina Dorothea Alexandra Montelius née "Reuterskiöld" (23 April 1850 in Köping – 27 October 1920) was a Swedish philanthropist and feminist. She was a leading figure of the Swedish philanthropy, active for the struggle of woman suffrage, and chairman of the Fredrika Bremer Association in 1903–1920.