Ingeborg Walin (1868–1936), was a Swedish women's rights activist and educator in

home economics Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences, is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as texti ...

. She was a pioneer in promoting home economics in the Swedish school system from the late 19th-century.Ingeborg Maria Walin, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/IngeborgWalin, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (article by Gustav Berry), retrieved 2023-11-28. She graduated from the

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 1888. She was the chair of

Svenska Kvinnors Medborgarförbund Svenska Kvinnors Medborgarförbund (SKM) ('Swedish Women's Citizens' Union') was a Swedish women's organization, founded in March 1921. SKM was founded by members of the former National Association for Women's Suffrage (Sweden). When women's suffr ...

in 1921–1936, and a member of the central committee of the

International Alliance of Women The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international org ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walin, Ingeborg 1868 births 1936 deaths Swedish women's rights activists 19th-century Swedish educators 20th-century Swedish educators Home economists 19th-century Swedish women educators 20th-century Swedish women educators