Nicoline Hambro, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nicoline Hambro

Norwegian politician and feminist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1861

Date of Death: 09-May-1926

Profession: politician, translator

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Nicoline Hambro

  • Nicoline Christine Hambro (née Harbitz; 1 January 1861 – 9 May 1926) was a Norwegian politician and proponent for women's rights.
  • She was born in Bergen; the daughter of Niels Andreas Harbitz and Elisabeth Christine Harbitz.
  • She married educator Edvard Isak Hambro in 1880, and was the mother of politician C.
  • J.
  • Hambro and educator Elise Hambro.
  • She took actively part in the administration of several contemporary political and social issues, such as welfare undertakings for female sailors and seamstresses, female police, homes for prostitutes, and pauperism.
  • She was also a member of the Bergen City Council.
  • She served as president of the Norwegian National Women's Council from 1916 to 1922.
  • In 1919 she translated a collection of the adventurous stories about Baron Munchausen into Norwegian language.

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