Magdalene Lauridsen
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Magdalene Lauridsen | |
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 Lauridsen in 1933 | |
| Born | 25 April 1873 Holsted, Denmark |
| Died | 5 July 1957 (aged 84) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Alma mater | Askov Højskole |
| Occupation(s) | Schoolteacher and headmistress |
| Spouse | Peter Dam (m.1911) |
| Children | 1 |
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Magdalene Lauridsen (25 April 1873, Holsted—5 July 1957, Copenhagen) was a Danish schoolteacher and headmistress. In 1895, she founded Sorø Husholdningsskole, Denmark's first home economics school, followed in 1902 by Ankerhus Seminarium, the country's first teacher training college to specialize in home economics and housekeeping. Lauridsen also fought for rights for women, including the right to vote, and stressed the importance of fruit and vegetable farming for rural households. Active in organizational work, in 1906 she founded and chaired Foreningen af Husholdningslærerinder og -lærere (FHL), an association for home economics teachers, and in 1909 brought together delegates from the Nordic countries to the first collaborative meeting on household interests. In 1919, she converted Ankerhus Seminarium into an independent institution but continued to run the college until her retirement in 1943.[1][2][3]
Born on 25 April 1873 in Holsted, Southern Jutland, Magdalene Lauridsen was the eldest daughter of the farmer Anders Lauridsen (1843–1922) and his wife Mette Marie née Eskildsen (1848–1913). She was one of the family's eight children. Raised in the countryside, she became familiar with tasks in rural households. In addition to attending the local school. she and her siblings were educated at home where their father and her aunt Maren, a qualified teacher, tutored them.[4] In 1892, she was a summer student at Askov Højskole where she participated in Jenny la Cour's textile courses. She also attended the Sorø Folk High School. In July 1911, she married the teacher training college principal Peter Dam (1853–1918) with whom she had already had a child, Margaret (1900).[1]
