Bodil Gertrud Begtrup
Bodil Gertrud Begtrup (born November 12, 1903 in Nyborg , † December 12, 1987 in Copenhagen ; born Andreasen ) was a Danish politician , suffragette and diplomat .
Life
Begtrup studied political science at Copenhagen University. At the age of 23 she was the representative of the International Student Union in Geneva at the League of Nations . In 1929 she was elected to the board of the Danish National Women's Council, of which she later became president. From 1938 she was a permanent member of the Danish delegation to the League of Nations and then to the United Nations . There she represented the rights of women as a member of the Human Rights Commission and in 1946 was a founding member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). In 1948 she became Vice-President of the General Assembly and drafted the Declaration of Human Rights as a committee member . Begtrup worked for Denmark as a diplomat; 1959–1960 she was Denmark's ambassador to Austria . She continued to be involved in the women's movement and, among other things, helped prepare the World Women's Conferences in 1975, 1980 and 1985.
Awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcons
Web links
- Rainer Huhle: Bodil Begtrup (1903 - 1987) Denmark , article in: Nürnberger Menschenrechtezentrum, July 28, 2008
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Begtrup, Bodil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Begtrup, Bodil Gertrud (full name); Andreasen, Bodil Gertrud (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nyborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1987 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |