National Association for Womens Suffrage
What was the name of the employer Gertrud Adelborg work for from 1883 to 1907?
Gertrud Adelborg Gertrud Virginia Adelborg ( 10 September 1853 in Karlskrona – 25 January 1942 ) was a Swedish teacher , feminist and leading member of the womens rights movement . Biography . Gertrud Adelborg was born at Karlskrona in Blekinge County , Sweden . She was the daughter of Naval Captain and nobleman Bror Jacob Adelborg ( 1816-1865 ) and his wife Hedvig Catharina af Uhr ( 1820-1903 ) . She was the sister of book illustrator Ottilia Adelborg ( 1855–1936 ) and textile artist Maria Adelborg ( 1849-1940 ) . She never married . Adelborg was educated by a governess at home and in girls schools . She worked as a teacher in 1874–79 , and was employed at Svea Court of Appeal ( Swedish : Svea hovrätt ) from 1881–83 . Gertrud Adelborg was active within the Swedish womens movement and the struggle for woman suffrage . She worked for the bureau of the Fredrika Bremer Association or FBF in 1884–1907 ( from 1886 as chairperson of the Stockholm bureau ) and was a member of the central comity of FBF in 1897–1915 . She initiated the FBF Country School for Women ( ( Swedish : Landthushållningsskola för kvinnor ) at Rimforsa in Östergötland where she belonged to the school board in 1907–21 . In 1899 , a delegation from the FBF presented a suggestion of woman suffrage to Prime Minister Erik Gustaf Boström . The delegation was headed by Agda Montelius , accompanied by Gertrud Adelborg , who had written the demand . This was the first time the Swedish womens movement themselves had officially presented a demand for suffrage . Gertrud Adelborg was a member of the central comity in the National Association for Womens Suffrage ( ( Swedish : Landsföreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt ) or LKPR in 1903-06 . In 1907 , she headed the LKPR delegation which presented their demand to the monarch King Oscar II of Sweden himself . She reminded Oscar II of the reforms regarding womens rights which had been passed by his father King Oscar I of Sweden , and continued with expressing her hope that The son of Oscar I would attach his name to a suggestion of women suffrage . According to Lydia Wahlström : as soon as the king heard the name of his father , his interest was awoken , and Oscar II promised his support , but added that as a constitutional monarch he could not do much , and that the doubted the present government would . Adelborgs role within the suffrage work was described as important but less public : she took on secretarial tasks , made investigations , structured work and was the author of many of its publications and manifests . Gertrud Adelborg lived in retirement at Gagnef in Dalarna County . She was awarded the Swedish Royal Medal of Illis Quorum in 1907 . Gertrud Adelborg died in 1942 and was buried in Gagnef . Other sources . - Barbro Hedwall ; Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist , red. ( 2011 ) Vår rättmätiga plats . Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt ( Stockholm : Albert Bonniers Förlag ) ( Swedish ) - Walborg Hedberg ; Louise Arosenius ( 1914 ) Svenska kvinnor från skilda verksamhetsområden ( Stockholm : Albert Bonniers Förlag ) Further reading .