Ebba Johanna Cecilia von Eckermann née ''von Hallwyl'' (21 May 1866 – 16 October 1960) was a Swedish women's rights activist. Ebba von Eckermann was the daughter of Walther and

Wilhelmina von Hallwyl Countess Anna Fridrica Wilhelmina von Hallwyl, née Kempe (1 October 1844 − 25 July 1930) was a Swedish collector and donor whose accumulation of art and other objects constitute the current Hallwyl Museum in Stockholm. Biography Wilhelmina was ...

and sister of

Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl (1867–1952), was a Swedish painter, sculptor and composer. She was the daughter of Count Walther and Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl. She was a student of the Wallinska skolan. She married the courtier and diplomat He ...

. She was a student of the ''

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'' in 1882–1884, and had the wish to continue to study architecture at the university; her parents, however, disagreed and wished for her to follow custom, and instead, she was introduced in high society to find a husband.Ebba Johanna Cecilia von Eckermann, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/EbbavonEckermann, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Ann-Marie Petersson), hämtad 2018-07-27. In 1886 she married the noble officer and courtier Wilhelm von Eckermann. von Eckermann is known for the gatherings she hosted between educated women and working class women in her home: the purpose was for women from different classes to be acquainted and learn from each other. She was a central figure for the feminists and women's rights activists within more conservative right-wing circles. Ebba von Eckermann was a member of the board and vice chairperson of the

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, a member of the board of the hospitals ''

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'' and '' Eugeniahemmet'', and engaged within the

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and the '' Sveriges flickors scoutförbund (SFS)'' ('Swedish Girl Scouts'), and founded a household school (1913). She co-founded the women's association '' Stockholms Moderata Kvinnoförbund'' ('Moderate Women's Association of Stockholm'), which she chaired in 1912–1922, and co-founded the '' Sveriges moderata kvinnors riksförbund'' ('Swedish Moderate Women's Association') in 1915, which she chaired in 1915–1922.

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* Eckerman(n) (von), släkt, urn:sbl:16570, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Bengt Hildebrand.), hämtad 2015-05-22.

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