Meta Ditzel

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Ditzel's and her husband's gravestone in Viborg churchyard

Meta Katrine Nedergaard Ditzel (6 October 1910 – 19 June 1999) was a Danish politician who focussed on the issue of peace.[1][2]

Meta Nedergaard was born on 6 October 1910 in Tarm, West Jutland. She graduated in philosophy from Aarhus University and also studied French and German in Paris and Vienna. She became a school teacher and by 1950 was a school head teacher.[1]

From 1968 to 1975, she was a member of the Folketing (Danish parliament) for the Radical Left Party, Det Radikale Venstre, representing Aarhus constituency.[1]

In 1942 she published a novel, Thi Adam dannedes først (Because Adam was formed first) which concerned the tensions between women's roles in work and marriage.[2]

She married museum inspector Harald Ditzel (1915-1986) in 1941 and they had two daughters.[1]

Meta Ditzel died in Viborg on 19 June 1999.[1]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Ditzel, Meta (1942). Thi Adam dannedes først [Because Adam was formed first].
  • Ditzel, Meta (1983). Den offentlige mening og fredsbevægelsen [Public opinion and the peace movement]. Viborg: Meta. ISBN 9788798152309.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Christensen, Ann-Dorte (22 April 2023). "Meta Ditzel, skoleleder" [Meta Ditzel, school principal]. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Ditzel, Meta Katrine Nedergaard". viborgmuseum.dk. Viborg Museum. Retrieved 23 December 2023.