Anna T. Nilsson

Swedish educator and peace activist
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Anna Alida Theresia Nilsson (April 27,1869 – December 11, 1947) was a Malmö drawing teacher, suffragist, peace activist, and women's rights activist.[1][2] Nilsson became a drawing teacher in 1890.[1] In 1914, Nilsson committed suffrage to be a role model for other women, and fight for women’s rights.[1] After the First World War, Nilsson joined the women’s peace movement.[1] Nilsson was elected to the board of the “International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom” when it was started in 1919[1] In 1929 Nilsson retired, and began traveling around Europe by train and bus.[1] In 1934 Nilsson started collected history textbooks from different countries to compare.[1]

Anna T. Nilsson

Early life

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Nilsson was born at Toarp manor house in Södra Säm, Västergötland.[1][2] She was born into a Swedish family.[3] Her dad was Hans Petter Nilsson, who was a textile cottage industry promoter.[1] Her mother was Albertina Juliana.[1] In 1885, Nilsson’s father died and was replaced by a guardian.[1] Her mother then remarried to a relative.[1] Nilsson was the fourth child out of her five siblings, and she was especially close with her older sister Ada Nilsson.[1]

Career

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Nilsson attended the Lyceum school with her sister and received her qualifications to be a drawing instructor in 1890.[1] Nilsson worked as a junior teacher at the Stockholm Tekniska professional school for two years.[1] During this time she also gained her penmanship qualifications.[1] After, she moved to Malmö, where she spent eight years at “Tekniska Afternoon- and Evening-School” working as a drawing instructor.[1] For six months in 1900 she worked as a pattern designer in Stockholm.[1]

Nisson was a peace activist. She was a delegate to the International Women’s Peace Congress, The Hague, in 1915.[2] Nilsson was an author of books about peace.[2] She wrote four books:

  • Data and Facts in the Peace Movement, (1924);
  • From Two Battlefields, and A Third, (1933);
  • Peace Movement ABC, (1934);
  • Ten Happy Years Traveling in Peace Work, (1945).[2][4]

References

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  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Andersson, Irene (2020-06-05). "skbl.se - Anna (T) Alida Theresia Nilsson". skbl.se. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Williams, J. S. "Anna Theresia Nilsson". Women In Peace. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  3. "Alvin - Nilsson, Anna T." www.alvin-portal.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  4. "Nilsson, Anna T. (Nordic Authors)". runeberg.org. Retrieved 2023-02-17.