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Astrid Blume

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Astrid Blume
BornMay 12, 1872 Edit this on Wikidata
Bording Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMarch 5, 1924 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 51)
Aarhus Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeNordre Cemetery Edit this on Wikidata

Astrid Blume (May 12, 1872 – 1924) was a Danish educator and temperance advocate.

Biography

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Astrid Blume was born in Jutland, May 12, 1872. She was president of the Danish branch of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union and editor of its organ from 1905 to 1915. She also served as a member of the executive committee of the Young Women's Christian Association of Denmark. She was principal of the Indre Mission's Women's Seminary at Aarhus, Denmark.[1][2]

Blume died in 1924.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1925). Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem. Vol. 1. American Issue Publishing Company. p. 360. Retrieved 23 July 2022 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ Christensen, Hilda Rømer (1995). Mellem backfische og pæne piger (in Danish). Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-87-7289-286-3. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ Nielsen, Hanne Rimmen. "Astrid Blume (1872 - 1924)". kvinfo.dk. Dansk kvindebiografisk leksikon. Retrieved 23 July 2022.