Thora Ingemann Drøhse dating history

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Thora Ingemann Drøhse née Nielsen (1867–1948) was a Danish temperance campaigner and women's rights activist. After being inspired to fight for abstention from alcohol by the priest Julius Ifversen (1863–1927), she was assigned to the Jutland district of Himmerland and Vendsyssel where she became a prominent and effective speaker for the cause. From her work on abstinence, she moved smoothly into women's rights as she believed that in the end women were the ones who suffered most from excessive drinking. In 1907, she established the Randers branch of Kvindevalgretsforeningen, the Danish Women's Suffrage Association, chairing it until 1915 when women obtained the vote. In 1925, she successfully established the Randers chapter of the Danish Women's Society, hosting the organization's national meeting the following year.