Category:Elsa Alkman
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| Date of birth | 18 November 1878 Stora Tuna Elsa Anna Maria Ahlström | ||||
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| Date of death | 21 February 1975 Q10562025 | ||||
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Elsa Anna Maria Alkman (1878–1975) was a Swedish women's rights activist, suffragist and writer. While living in Eslöv, she became an active member of the local branch of the National Association for Women's Suffrage (LKPR), lecturing, writing and organizing events. In 1916, she wrote a report on how Danish women had voted in a referendum after obtaining the right to vote. She continued to contribute to the extension of women's rights in the 1920s after Swedish women had achieved voting rights. In the 1930s, she and her husband settled in Norrköping where played the violin and composed music for local concerts.
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