Alma Sundquist
Swedish physician and gynaecologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alma Maria Katarina Sundquist (1872–1940) was a Swedish physician and a pioneering female specialist in the treatment of venereal diseases. A committed women's rights activist, she campaigned for better working conditions for women, addressed problems associated with unhygienic homes and prostitution, and promoted the need for sexual education for girls. She fought for women's suffrage, contributing to the inaugural meeting of the Swedish Association for Women's Suffrage (FKPR) in June 1902. Internationally, in 1919 she represented Sweden at the founding of the Medical Women's International Association in New York and attended the First International Congress of Working Women in Washington, D.C. In the early 1930s, on behalf of the League of Nations, she was one of the three contributors to a report on the slave trade in women and children in the countries of Asia.
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Born | Alma Maria Katarina Sundquist (1872-03-23)23 March 1872 Torp, Medelpad, Sweden |
Died | 7 January 1940(1940-01-07) (aged 67) Stockholm, Sweden |
Nationality | Swedish |
Other names | Alma Sundqvist |
Occupation(s) | physician, women's rights activist |
Years active | 1901–1939 |