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Kitty Bugge

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Kitty Bugge
Kitty Bugge, union leader and feminist
12th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byAnna Hvoslef
Succeeded byMargarete Bonnevie
Personal details
Born1878
Died1938
NationalityNorwegian

Kitty Bugge (1878–1938) was a Norwegian feminist and union leader. She served as the 12th President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights from 1935 to 1936. Bugge also founded the National Union of Female Telegraph Operators and served as its first President from 1914 to 1919 and again from 1921 to 1933. She was a board member of the Union of State Employees from 1923 to 1930. Bugge was a sister of the noted feminist, lawyer and diplomat Anna Bugge.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Elisabeth Lønnå: Stolthet og kvinnekamp: Norsk kvinnesaksforenings historie fra 1913, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1996, ISBN 8205244952[page needed]
  2. ^ "Kitty Bugge". Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.