Laufey Valdimarsdóttir (1 March 1890 – 9 December 1945) was an Icelandic women's rights activist and lawyer. Laufey completed her

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degree from Reykjavik High School, first female in 1910, with a first grade. She became chairman of the Women's Association in 1927 and the first chairman of the Maternity Strengthening Committee in 1928. She was the daughter of women's rights activist

Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (September 27, 1856 – March 16, 1940) was an early Icelandic advocate for women's liberation and women's suffrage. She founded the first women's magazine in Iceland, ''Kvennablaðið''. For a period of time she serv ...

and the liberal editor

Valdimar Ásmundsson Valdimar Ásmundsson (''Jóhann Valdimar Ásmundsson'', also ''Ásmundarson'') (10 July 1852 - 17 April 1902) was the founder and editor of '' Fjallkonan'' (The Lady of the Mountain magazine). Valdimar was married to Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir, ...

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1890 births 1945 deaths 20th-century women lawyers Laufey Valdimarsdóttir Women's International Democratic Federation people {{Iceland-bio-stub