Hilda Gustafva Sachs (13 March 1857, Norrköping – 26 February 1935), was a Swedish journalist, translator, writer and feminist. She was the daughter of merchant Johan Gustaf Engström and Gustafva Augusta Gustafsson in Norrköping. She worked for some time as a governess in the countryside, and studied at

Högre lärarinneseminariet The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Seminary ( sv, Kungliga Högre Lärarinneseminariet, abbreviated KHLS), was a normal school (teachers' college) in Stockholm, Sweden. It was active from 1861 until 1943. It was the fi ...

in Stockholm 1878–1881, after which she returned to teaching. In 1886, she married the Jewish florist Carl Fredrik Sachs (1860–1893). She began her career as a journalist after the death of her spouse in 1893 to support herself and her children, and reported for several papers such as DN,

Nya Dagligt Allehanda ''Nya Dagligt Allehanda'' (New Daily Everywhere), also known as the ''NDA'' was a Swedish conservative-leaning newspaper published in Stockholm from 1859 to 1944. History The ''Nya Dagligt Allehanda'' was founded as a continuation of another n ...

SvD ''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...

and Stockholmsbladet from 1895 until 1920. In 1899, she was the first of her sex to be a delegate at the international journalist conference in Rome, where she represented Swedish paper NDA. In 1902, she was one of the founders of the National Association for Women's Suffrage and was a member of the board there in 1912–1921.

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*http://www.ub.gu.se/kvinn/portaler/arbete/biografier/
Hilda G Sachs, urn:sbl:6305, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Ellinor Melander), hämtad 2015-01-02.

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