Vilhelmine Ullmann
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16 March 1816
Publicist
Literary critic
Vilhelmine Ullmann | |
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| Born | Cathrine Johanne Fredrikke Vilhelmine Dunker 16 March 1816 Christiania, Norway |
| Died | 28 April 1915 (aged 99) |
| Occupations | Pedagogue Publicist Literary critic |
| Known for | Proponent for women's rights |
| Children | Ragna Nielsen Viggo Ullmann |
| Parent | Conradine Birgitte Dunker |
| Relatives | Bernhard Dunker (brother) Christopher Hansteen (uncle) Aasta Hansteen (cousin) Mathilde Schjøtt (niece) |
Vilhelmine Ullmann (née Dunker; 16 March 1816 – 28 April 1915) was a Norwegian pedagogue, publicist, literary critic and proponent for women's rights.
Ullmann was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of socialite Conradine Birgitte Hansteen and Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Dunker. She was the sister of Bernhard Dunker, who served as Attorney General of Norway.[1][2]
Growing up in a home where her mother was running a private school for girls, Vilhelmine learned French and German language as a child. She was also a child actress, performing in Det Dramatiske Selskab in Christiania from the age of nine. She married Jørgen Nicolai Axel Ullmann in 1839. They had six children (five of them surviving), and separated in 1854. She was the mother of pedagogue and feminist Ragna Nielsen and educator and politician Viggo Ullmann.[3]
