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About Anna Rogstad
Anna Georgine Rogstad was a Norwegian politician, women's rights activist and educator. A member of the conservative-liberal Liberal Left Party, she was Norway's first female Member of Parliament. A teacher by profession, Rogstad was deeply involved in the educational policies of the nation. She was a prominent leader in the women's rights movement and the campaign for women's right to vote, and was a co-founder and board member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and board member of the Association for Women's Suffrage. In 1911 she met in parliament as a deputy representative for Jens Bratlie, and held this position full-time after Bratlie became Prime Minister in 1912.
Everything about Anna Rogstad →- Occupation
- politician, head teacher, non-fiction writer, suffragist
- Position held
- member of the Parliament of Norway, deputy member of the Parliament of Norway
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Born
- July 26, 1854
- Died
- November 8, 1938, November 9, 1938