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The Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgsretsudvalg (Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Committee) was established in 1898 by Louise Nørlund, with support from
The Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgsretsudvalg (Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Committee) was established in 1898 by Louise Nørlund, with support from Line Luplau
Line Luplau (1823–1891) was a Danish feminist and suffragist. She was the co-founder of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV (Danish Women's Society Suffrage Union) and first chairperson in 1889-1891.
Life
Line Luplau was born o ...
, in order to work towards obtaining the vote for women. In 1904, the organization's name was changed to ''Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund'' (DKV) or the Danish Women's Society's Suffrage Union.
The DKV consisted of an alliance of women's organizations targeting votes for women in both municipal and national elections. Under Nørlund's leadership, the number of associations grew from eight in 1898 to 22 in 1904. That year the organization joined the newly established International Women Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) making Denmark one of its first 10 members. Johanne Münter
Johanne Elisabeth Münter née Johnson (1844–1921) was a Danish writer and women's rights activist.
After travelling to Japan with her husband in 1895, Münter authored several books on Japanese women and her own fascination with the country. ...
was the first international secretary until 1909 when Thora Daugaard
Theodora (Thora) Frederikke Marie Daugaard (22 October 1874 – 28 June 1951) was a Danish women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator. In 1915, she attended the International Women's Conference in The Hague, together with Clara Tybj ...
took over until 1915 when Danish women won the right to vote. Nørlund participated in the 1904 IWSA Congress in Berlin and went on to organize the 1906 congress in Copenhagen.
Vibeke Salicath chaired the DKV for a short period in 1907 but Nørlund returned in 1908, after which Eline Hansen was chair.
In 1906, Johanne Münter founded and headed the women's suffrage organization Kvindevalgretsklubben (KVK). Associated with the DVK, it became known as "Fru Münters Club". Although it had only about a hundred members, many of them were highly influential women in regard to suffrage and rights. She edited the KVK members' journal ''Kvindestemmerets-Bladet'' (1907–1913). KVK was dissolved in about 1913.
See also
*Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret or LKV (National Association for Women's Suffrage), was a Danish association for women's suffrage, active from 1907 until 1915.
As the Danish Women's Society was initially not strongly committed to women's suff ...
(National Association for Women's Suffrage)
*Timeline of women's suffrage
Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, so women and men from certain classes or races w ...
References
{{Reflist Organizations established in 1898 1898 establishments in Denmark Women's rights organizations Women's organizations based in Denmark Women's suffrage in Denmark