Marit Johanne Aarum (1903–1956) was a Norwegian economist, liberal politician, civil servant and feminist. Aarum was born April 22, 1903. She studied at Royal Frederick University and received a

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degree in 1926.

Career

Aarum was an inspector at the

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and served as a representative of the Norwegian government to the international Labour conference in 1948. She worked as an

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expert in

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for six months from 1952 to 1953.Elisabeth Lønnå: ''Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913'',

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, 1996, Aarum became the vice president of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights in 1952. When the organisation's president,

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, died in a plane crash in August 1955, Aarum took over as President. She remained president until her death in 1956. During her political career, she was President of the

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branch of the Liberal Party and a member of the

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of Oslo. She was a deputy member of the Norwegian Parliament representing Oslo for the Liberal Party from 1954 until her death.

Publications

* Midlertidig lov om Arbeidsvilkår for hushjelp av 3. desember 1949 : med kommentarer samt en del om Ferieloven og Syketrygdloven, 1949

References

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