Emilie Rathou, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Emilie Rathou

Swedish politician

Date of Birth: 08-May-1862

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1948

Profession: activist, opinion journalist, women's rights activist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Emilie Rathou, née Gustafsson (8 May 1862 – 12 October 1948) was a Swedish journalist, newspaper editor and elected official.
She was a temperance and women's rights activist.
On International Workers' Day in Stockholm 1891, she was the first woman in Sweden to demand the right for women suffrage in a public speech.
She was the founder of the Swedish branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.