Nanna Bergitte Caroline With (30 May 1874 – 22 February 1965) was a Norwegian journalist, voice

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

and organizational leader.

Early life and career

She was born in

Andenes is the administrative centre of Andøy Municipality which is located in the Vesterålen district of Nordland county, Norway. The village of Andenes is the northernmost settlement of the island of Andøya (and in Nordland county). To the east ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, a daughter of ship owner and politician

Richard With Richard Bernhard With (18 September 1846 – 9 February 1930) was a Norwegian ship captain, businessman and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He is known as the founder of the shipping companies Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab and Hurtigruten ...

and Oline Sophie Wennberg. She was editor-in-chief of the newspaper ''

Vesteraalens Avis ''Vesteraalens Avis'' is a Norwegian newspaper, published in Stokmarknes, Norway, and covering the district of Vesterålen. The newspaper was founded in 1892. Among its editors was Nanna With Nanna Bergitte Caroline With (30 May 1874 – 22 Februa ...

'' from 1905 to 1907, and ''Hver 8. Dag'' from 1907 to 1919. From 1914 to 1919 she also edited a sports paper, ''

Sportsmanden ''Sportsmanden'' ('The Sportsman') was a Norwegian weekly sports newspaper. It was established in 1913 by Magnus Brænden, absorbed the competitor ''Idrætsliv'' in 1933, and went defunct in 1965. From 1914 to 1919 the paper was edited by Nanna Wit ...

''. Her biographical dictionary ''Illustrert Biografisk Leksikon'' was published between 1916 and 1920. She founded, co-founded or chaired a number of organizations.

References

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