Kathrine Chemnitz
Vilhelmine Else Kathrine Dorthe Chemnitz (born Josefsen ; born June 28, 1894 in Qaqortoq ; † December 1, 1978 in Nuuk ) was a Greenlandic women's rights activist .
Life
family
Kathrine Chemnitz was born as the daughter of the carpenter Kanuthus Pavia Hendrik Josva Peter Josefsen (1871-1944) and his wife Juliane Ane Marie Dorthe Helene Kielsen (1871-1943). On August 25, 1917, she married Jørgen Chemnitz (1890–1956). The couple had the following children:
- Marie Guldborg Chemnitz (1919–2003), women's rights activist
- Johanne Chemnitz (1921–?)
- Jørgen Hans Kristian Gustav Chemnitz (1923–2001), director and teacher
- Lars Hans Jens Josva Chemnitz (1925–2006), politician and teacher
- Dorthea Flavia Chemnitz (1928-2016)
- Margrethe Marie Tabea Chemnitz (1930–?)
Act
Kathrine started working as “Kiffaq” in 1914, that is, as a Greenlandic maid . The Danish family where she was employed took her to Denmark , where she was sent to a household school. With this training she was later to teach at a private housewives school in Qaqortoq. In the 1930s she began to campaign for better housewife education for Greenland women. In 1948 she also wrote articles for the Atuagagdliutit , which was very unusual for women at the time. That same year she was the only woman in the Grønlandskommission chosen worked in the political, economic and social development of Greenland. For her work in the Greenland Commission she received the Kongelige Belønningsmedalje in gold in 1950 . In 1955, at her endeavor, public household schools were opened in Qaqortoq and Aasiaat .
She founded a women's association in Nuuk, also in 1948, which she also headed from then on. In the next few years, women's associations were founded in many other places in Greenland, which in 1960 became Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat (APK). Kathrine Chemnitz was elected first chairwoman. The APK campaigned for the training of women in household chores, child care, sewing and cooking, and organized social discussions for women. In 1965, at the age of over 70, she resigned as chairwoman, but continued to be very involved. Together with her daughter-in-law Gudrun Chemnitz , she campaigned for the establishment of a Frauenhøjskole.
Kathrine Chemnitz died in Nuuk in 1978 at the age of 84.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chemnitz, Kathrine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chemnitz, Vilhelmine Else Kathrine Dorthe (full name); Josefsen, Vilhelmine Else Kathrine Dorthe (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greenlandic women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Qaqortoq |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1978 |
| Place of death | Nuuk |