Ingerid Gjøstein Resi (15 July 1901 – 6 August 1955) was a Norwegian

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, women's rights leader and politician for the

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. She served as president of the

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from 1952 until her death in 1955.

Career

Beginning in 1921, Gjøstein Resi worked as a stenographer at the Parliament of Norway. She passed the

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, a university entrance exam, in 1929. She then attended the

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and obtained a cand.philol. degree in 1931. She was a member of

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and its executive committee, representing the Liberal Party, from 1952. She was the chairwoman of the Oslo branch of the

before she was elected as the organisation's president in 1952. She died in a plane crash in the

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in 1955 along with the rest of the women's delegation.

Personal life

Gjøstein Resi was born on 15 July 1901 in

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, Norway, the youngest of five children. She was the daughter of the politician and journalist

Johan Gjøstein and the women's rights pioneer

Anna Gjøstein Anna Gjøstein (15 June 1869 – 6 January 1956) was a Norwegian proponent for women's rights. Personal life Gjøstein was born in Ås on 15 June 1869, a daughter of Ole Andersen Moberg and Ovidia Simensdatter Skræmma. While she was a child, ...

. She was married to parish priest Oscar Resi and had two children. Their son, Kjell Gjøstein Resi, was born on 7 November 1937. He became a successful journalist in Norway, working as a foreign correspondent for

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during the Vietnam War and later in the Middle East. Their daughter, Heid Gjøstein Resi, was an archeologist and professor at the University of Oslo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Resi, Ingerid Gjostein Norwegian women's rights activists 1901 births 1955 deaths Norwegian feminists Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Akershus politicians People from Stavanger University of Oslo alumni Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians Norwegian Association for Women's Rights people Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1955