Maria Osberg (1864–1940) was a Swedish politician ( Social Democrat) and trade unionist.Anne-Marie Lindgren & Marika Lindgren Åsbrink:
Systrar kamrater! Arbetarrörelsens kvinnliga pionjärer
'. Stockholm 2007 She belonged to the women pioneers of the labour movement, the Social Democratic movement, as well as the trade unionism and women's rights movement within the Social Democratic labour movement in Sweden. She was active within the organisation of women workers within the trade unions. She was a co-founder of the

Kvinnliga arbetarklubben Kvinnliga arbetarklubben or Malmö kvinnliga arbetareförbund (literary:'Women's Worker's Club' or 'Malmö Women's Worker's Association') was a pioneer worker's association for women in Malmö in Sweden, founded 17 October 1888 and dissolved in 1892 ...

in 1888 and its chairperson 1890–1892, and co-founder of the

Malmö Kvinnliga Diskussionsklubb Malmö kvinnliga diskussionsklubb ('Malmö Women's Discussion Group') was a Social Democratic association for working women in Malmö in Sweden between 1900 and 1922.Anne-Marie Lindgren & Marika Lindgren Åsbrink: Systrar kamrater! Arbetarrörelsens ...

1900. She moved to Stockholm in 1901. In Stockholm she was active in the Allmänna Kvinnoklubben. Maria Osberg supported women's issues specifically both as a trade unionist as well as within the party: as a trade unionist, she particularly organised women, and as a social democrat, she worked closely with the

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

movement.

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