page_title: Anna Hierta-Retzius
hierarchical_section_title: Anna Hierta-Retzius
caption_attribution_description: English: Anna Wilhelmina Hierta Retzius (1841–1924), Swedish philanthropist, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. (Title devised by Library staff.) One photographic print on carte de visite mount. Written on verso: Anna Hierta-Retzius from Stockholm with best wishes of the season and kindest rememberences to ... Lewall(?) and all the American friends who remember her still. Svenska: Anna Wilhelmina Hierta Retzius (1841–1924), svensk filantrop.
context_page_description: Anna Wilhelmina Hierta-Retzius, née Hierta, was a Swedish women's rights activist and philanthropist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association, 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 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 in 1887, Chairperson of the central committee of the Stockholm work houses in 1889–1909, chairperson of the Swedish National Council of Women in 1899–1911, Vice Chairperson of the International Council of Women in 1904–1909.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Anna Hierta-Retzius
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