Marie Rovsing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Danish women's rights activist
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Place of Birth: Sengeløse, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Marie Rovsing
- Marie Nicolina Theodora Rovsing née Schak (1814–1888) was a pioneering Danish women's rights activist.
- From 1871 to 1888 she was a board member of the Danish Women's Society, serving as president from 1883 to 1887.
- Interested in allowing women to practise crafts and manual work traditionally reserved for men, on her death she left a legacy which among other things allowed two women to be the first in Denmark to qualify as carpenters.
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