Fredrikke Andrea Møllerup Mørck (9 November 1861 – 14 October 1934) was a Norwegian

liberal feminist Liberal feminism, also called mainstream feminism, is a main branch of feminism defined by its focus on achieving gender equality through political and legal reform within the framework of liberal democracy. It is often considered culturally ...

, editor, and teacher. She served as the editor-in-chief of the women's rights magazine ''

Nylænde ''Nylænde'' (Norwegian: ''New Frontiers'') was a Norwegian political and cultural magazine that focused on women's rights. It was regarded as one of the most influential political magazines in Norway in its time and played an important role in th ...

'' from 1916 to 1927 and as the 10th president of the

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

from 1926 to 1930.

Biography

Mørck was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, Norway to Christian Fredrik Møllerup Mørck (1828–97) and Helene Margrethe Crøger (1829–c. 1900). She took a teacher exam in 1880 and worked as a schoolteacher, first in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

and later in Christiania. From 1900 to 1905, she taught Middle School at Rolls Pigeskole, after which she operated her independent school, Fredrikke Mørcks Pigeskole. Mørck was a close associate of liberal feminist Gina Krog, and both shared a strong belief in

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

. She edited the two-volume ''Norske Kvinder'', published in 1914. She contributed to the women's rights magazine ''

'' from its start in 1887. She succeeded Krog as the magazine's second and final editor-in-chief in 1916, editing the magazine until 1927. She was president of Norway's oldest and most prominent women's and girls' rights organization, the

, from 1926 to 1930.

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