Guri Tambs-Lyche (20 September 1917 – 13 March 2008) was a Norwegian activist for

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and women's rights.

Biography

She was born in Trondheim as a daughter of

Ralph Tambs-Lyche Ralph Tambs Lyche (6 September 1890 – 15 January 1991) was a Norwegian mathematician. He was born in Macon, Georgia as a son of Norwegian father Hans Tambs Lyche (1859–1898) and American mother Mary Rebecca Godden (1856–1938). He moved to No ...

(1890–1991) and Else Alvilde Rasmussen (1896–1966). Her father was a mathematician and ''

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'' affiliate, and from an early age Guri Tambs-Lyche was influenced by her father's speeches in the Student Society in Trondheim. Her mother was a pioneer in maternal hygiene work. Her father later became a professor. She studied technical drawing at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, and joined the Workers' Youth League while studying. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany she was a member of the resistance movement, as was her husband Wilhelm. Her job was to distribute illegal newspapers. After the war she first joined the

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, and wrote in ''

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'', but she was excluded in the aftermath of the Peder Furubotn case. In 1948 she was a co-founder of ''Norges Demokratiske Kvinneforbund''. In 1954 the organization became a part of ''Norsk Kvinneforbund''. She was on the editorial board of their magazine ''Kvinner hjemme og ute'', later named ''Kvinner i tiden'', and was editor-in-chief for a time. She also participated on international women's congresses. After the death of her husband she lived in Sweden for seven years, then in Norway again where she rejoined the Communist Party. After the disbanding of ''Norsk Kvinneforbund'', she became a prominent member in the national branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She lived in

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for the last two years of her life, and died her home in March 2008.

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