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Tagea Brandt née Rovsing (1847–1882), was a
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Denstoredanske.dk The Grand Danish Encyclopedia, Tagea Brandts Rejselegat
(''in Danish'') It was created and endowed by her husband, Vilhelm Brandt, in 1905.
Tagea Brandt née Rovsing (1847–1882), was a Danish
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. The Tagea Brandt Rejselegat
The Tagea Brandts ''Rejselegat'' (Travel Scholarship) is a Danish award to women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art. The grant, which is given without application, was created and endowed by Danish industrialist ...
is named in her honor.
Biography
Brandt was born Tagea Rovsing inCopenhagen
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on 17 March, 1847.
She was born to the educator, principal and politician Kristen Rovsing (1812–1889) and the feminist and women's right activist Marie Rovsing
Marie Nicolina Theodora Rovsing née Schack (1814–1888) was a pioneering Danish women's rights activist. From 1871 to 1888 she was a board member of the Danish Women's Society, serving as president from 1883 to 1887. Interested in allowing women ...
(1814–1888).
She was educated at the progressive girls' school Døtreskolen af 1791 Døtreskolen af 1791 ("Daughter School of 1791") was a girls' school active in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1791 until 1899. It is considered one of the first schools in Denmark to give secondary education
Secondary education or post-primary educati ...
, and was able to study the French language in Paris in 1861. Dansk kvindebiografisk lexicon (Deens vrouwenbiografisch lexicon): Tagea Brandt (1847-1882)/ref> Her mother belonged to the pioneer generation of the Danish women's movement of
first wave feminism
First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused on legal issues, primarily on securing women's right to vote. The term is often used s ...
, and was one of the first members of the Dansk Kvindesamfund
The Danish Women's Society or DWS ( da, Dansk Kvindesamfund) is Denmark's oldest women's rights organization. It was founded in 1871 by activist Matilde Bajer and her husband Fredrik Bajer; Fredrik was a Member of Parliament and the 1908 Nobel Pea ...
(DK) when it was founded in 1871. Tagea and her sister Esther was introduced by their mother to Kvindelig Læseforening
Kvindelig Læserforening (English: Women Readers' Association) was a membership-based, private library for women which existed from 1872 until 1945 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Its former building on Gammel Mønt (No. 1) is designed by Ulrik Plesner. I ...
('Women's Reading Club'). She was a board member and secretary of Kvindelig Læseforening from 1877 until 1880. She was known for her clear head and optimism.
In 1880, she resigned her assignments within the women's movement in order to enter a love marriage with a man she had known for ten years. In 1881 she married Danish industrialist Vilhelm Brand. She died in Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
in 1882, one year after her marriage, in an illness of the blood. Her sudden death inspired her widower to create an award to her honor.
Scholarship
TheTagea Brandt Rejselegat
The Tagea Brandts ''Rejselegat'' (Travel Scholarship) is a Danish award to women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art. The grant, which is given without application, was created and endowed by Danish industrialist ...
(Travel Scholarship) is a Danish award given annually on 17 March to women who have made a significant contribution in science, literature or art.(''in Danish'')
See also
*Women in Denmark
The modern-day character and the historical status of women in Denmark has been influenced by their own involvement in women's movements and political participation in the history of Denmark. Their mark can be seen in the fields of politics, wo ...
References
1847 births 1882 deaths 19th-century Danish women {{Denmark-bio-stub