Thyra Margrethe Marie Kirstine Jensen (1865–1949) was a Danish writer and

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

activist. In addition to her children's stories, which often drew on her own childhood, she wrote for adults, producing a number of short biographies. She was active in Southern Jutland's Women Association, supporting the Danish-speaking minority in

Schleswig The Duchy of Schleswig ( da, Hertugdømmet Slesvig; german: Herzogtum Schleswig; nds, Hartogdom Sleswig; frr, Härtochduum Slaswik) was a duchy in Southern Jutland () covering the area between about 60 km (35 miles) north and 70 km ...

. Her most successful book was probably ''Constance Leth. Grundtvigs Ungdomskærlighed'' (Constance Leth. Grundtvig's Young Romance (1922), republished in an enlarged edition in 1941 as ''Fruen på Egeløkke''. From 1935, Jensen chaired South Schleswig's Women's Association (Den Sydslesvigske Kvindeforening), introducing the Slesvigske Kvinders Julebog (Schleswig Women's Christmas Book) which she published from 1936.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Thyra 1865 births 1949 deaths People from Haderslev Municipality Danish women's rights activists 19th-century Danish writers 19th-century Danish women writers 20th-century Danish writers 20th-century Danish women writers