Gulli Charlotta Petrini ( Stockholm, 30 September 1867 – Stockholm, 8 April 1941) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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, writer, suffragette, women's rights activist and politician. She was the chairperson of the local branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage in

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

1903–1914 and Stockholm 1914–1921, and sat in the city council for the liberals in

in 1910–1914.

Biography

She was born on 30 September 1867 to professor Carl Jacob Rossander and Emma Maria Godenius. She graduated at the

Wallinska skolan Wallinska skolan (Wallin School) or Wallinska flickskolan (Wallin Girls' School), was a girls' school in Stockholm, Sweden. Active from 1831 to 1939, it was one of the first five schools in Sweden to offer serious academic education and seconda ...

in 1887, and became

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in 1901. In 1902, she married fellow student Henrik Petrini. She worked as a teacher at the secondary education school for females in

in 1902–06, and as a teacher at different girl schools in Stockholm in 1914–1931. Gulli Petrini became interested in the women's movement as a student in Uppsala in the 1890s, where she frequented the radical circle around

Ann-Margret Holmgren Anna Margareta "Ann-Margret" Holmgren, ( née Tersmeden; 17February 185012October 1940), was a Swedish author, feminist, suffragist, and pacifist. Life She was born at Hässle Manor in Uppland, Sweden. She was the daughter of Baroness Aug ...

. Her interest in the women's movement was inspired by her own life, which was not conventional. Supported by her progressive father, she studied at university when this was still a controversial thing for a female; she was also a professional despite being married in a period when married females were not expected to support themselves. She became active within politics in 1904, when she became engaged in the local branch of the suffrage movement in Växjö, and soon became a prominent figure in the Swedish women suffrage movement. Petrini died on 8 April 1941.

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* Barbro Hedvall (2011). Susanna Eriksson Lundqvist. red.. Vår rättmätiga plats. Om kvinnornas kamp för rösträtt.. Förlag Bonnier. * Gulli C Petrini, urn:sbl:7193, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av

Hjördis Levin Hjördis Levin (born 4 June 1930) is a Swedish historian and author whose field of research focuses on gender studies. Early years and education Hildur (nickname, "Hjördis") Charlotta Eriksson was born in Smedby, Östergötland County on 4 June ...

), hämtad 2015-09-05.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrini, Gulli 1867 births 1941 deaths Swedish suffragists Swedish women's rights activists People from Växjö Place of birth missing Local politicians in Sweden 20th-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish politicians

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