Helga Helgesen
Norwegian domestic science teacher and politician (1863-1936)
Helga Bernhardine Helgesen (16 March 1863 – 30 March 1936) was a Norwegian domestic science teacher and politician for the Liberal Party.
Early life and education
She was born in Hønefoss as a daughter of Ole Helgesen (1827–1910) and Anne Mathea Alme (1824–89). Her father was a merchant in Hønefoss city as well as a paternalistic industrialist. She spent her youth both in the city, and at the nearby farm Alme in Norderhov which belonged to the maternal branch of the family.
Helgesen finished middle school at Nissen Girls School in 1880. She was a governess for four years before taking a teachers' education in 1885.
Career
She was hired as a primary school teacher at Tøyen in 1885, then at Kampen in 1886.
Helgesen was a member of Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and Hjemmenes Vel (from 1934: the Norwegian Housewives' Association). Both these organizations were proponents of a better education in the domestic sciences. Helgesen became personally engaged in such issues, especially while working and living at Kampen.
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