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Nielsine Nielsen
Nielsine Nielsen (10 June 1850 – 8 October 1916) was the first female academic and physician in Denmark.
She graduated in 1885 and in 1889 she established her own medical practice and worked as a general practitioner. She was active in the gender equality movement through her work in Danish Women's Society.
Early life.
Her parents were the well off shipowner Lars Nielsen (1808–86) and Karen Jensen (1811–82). She was raised in Svendborg. During her childhood, her brother and sister
) - writer, women's rights activist, suffragist
- Nielsine Nielsen (1850–1916), physician, suffragist, feminist, politician
- Louise Nørlund (1854–1919) – co-founder and chairperson of the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund or DKV
- Charlotte Norrie (1855–1940) - nurse, feminist, suffragist, educator
- Johanne Rambusch (1865–1944) – co-founder of the Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret (Country Association for Women's Suffrage) or LKV
- Vibeke Salicath (1861–1921) – feminist, suffragist and journalist