Ane Cathrine "Anna" Sterky née Nielsen (1856–1939) was a

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-Swedish politician (

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organiser, feminist and editor, chiefly active in Sweden. Sterky worked as a

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in Denmark, where she was active in the Danish trade union movement. In 1891, she moved to Sweden with the Swedish trade union organiser Fredrik Sterky, with whom she had a relationship; they never married, but she used his surname. She was a pioneer in her work to build up trade unions for women, and she also worked for the creation of a social democratic women's group within the party. She was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1900 to 1925, chairwoman of the

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(1902–1907), editor of the magazine ''

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'' together with Maria Sandel (1904–1909) and honorary chairwoman of the

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(1920–1925).

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och Eva von Krusenstjerna (1993). Kvinnoprofiler. Norstedts Tryckeri AB Stockholm:

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. . * Stig Hadenius, Torbjörn Nilsson & Gunnar Åselius (1996). Sveriges historia. Borås: Bonnier Albs. .

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