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Line Luplau
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Line Luplau by Mary Steen
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| Born | 22 April 1823 Mern, Denmark
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| Died | 10 September 1891 (aged 68) Frederiksberg, Denmark
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| Nationality | Danish |
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Daniel Carl Erhard Luplau
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Line Luplau (1823–1891) was a Danish woman who fought for women's rights. She was a leading figure in the movement that wanted women to have the right to vote. She helped start an important group called the Danske Kvindeforeningers Valgretsforbund (DKV), which means the Danish Women's Society Suffrage Union. She was also its first leader from 1889 to 1891.
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Early Life and Beliefs
Line Luplau was born on April 22, 1823, in a town called Mern in Denmark. Her father was a vicar, which is a type of priest. In 1847, she married another vicar named Daniel Carl Erhard Luplau.
From a young age, Line felt it was unfair that women did not have the same rights as men. She believed women should be treated as full and equal people. This idea became stronger after a famous book called Clara Raphael was published in 1851. This book started a big discussion about women's roles in society.
Moving and Speaking Out
Line's husband worked as a vicar in a part of Denmark called Slesvig-Holsten. After a war in 1864, Denmark lost this area. Because of this, Line and her family had to move to a town called Varde.
In Varde, Line Luplau started a charity group to help people. She also became the first woman in Denmark to give a speech at a national celebration. This was a very big deal at the time!
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Fighting for Women's Vote
In 1872, Line Luplau joined a women's group called the Dansk Kvindesamfund (DK). Her husband and daughter, Marie Luplau, also joined. Line was especially interested in women getting the right to vote and having equal political rights. She was part of a group within the DK that pushed hard for these changes.
In 1888, she showed the Danish parliament a list with 1,702 names. These people supported a plan by Fredrik Bajer to give women the right to vote. Line was representing the DK when she did this.
She also supported a newer women's group called Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (KF), which started in 1885. She was on the KF's main committee in 1886. That same year, she moved to Copenhagen after her husband retired.
In 1888, Line went to the first meeting of women from different Nordic countries in Copenhagen. There, she and another activist, Johanne Meyer, said that women's right to vote was one of the most important issues for women. Line Luplau became one of the main leaders of the movement for women's voting rights in Denmark.
Starting a New Group
In 1889, Line Luplau and Louise Nørlund started a new group called the Kvindevalgretsforeningen (KVF). This group was created only to fight for women's right to vote. Line was the leader of the KVF from 1889 to 1891.
She wanted a group that focused just on voting rights, unlike other groups that worked on many different women's issues. She got support from both men and different political groups, especially those on the left side of politics.
Line Luplau was a very strong-willed and energetic activist. She was direct in her approach, which sometimes caused strong feelings in others. Some other women's groups felt she had divided the women's movement. In 1891, she had to step down as the leader of the KVF because of her health.
Years later, in 1917, Line's daughter Marie Luplau painted a large picture for the Danish parliament. It showed important members of the women's voting rights movement, and Line Luplau was placed right in the front of the painting.
See also
In Spanish: Line Luplau para niños
