Clara Tschudi

Clara Tschudi
Born	9 September 1856 Tønsberg, Norway
Died	10 November 1945 (aged 89)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Biographer

Clara Tschudi (9 September 1856 – 10 November 1945) was a Norwegian writer.

She was born in Tønsberg. She is best known for her biographies of contemporary and historical women. Among her publications are the book Kvindebevægelsen, dens Udvikling og nuværende Standpunkt from 1885, and Tre Nutidskvinder from 1887, where she biographed women's rights activists Camilla Collett, Lina Morgenstern and Gertrude Guillaume-Schack. Her book Kejserinde Eugenie from 1889 was the first of as series of biographical portraits of central women of European Royal families. A German translation of her book on Empress Elisabeth of Austria was subsequently forbidden in Austria.^[1][2] She resided in Gausdal, and died in November 1945.^[3]

References

1. Brinchmann, C.; Skavlan, Einar (1927). "Tschudi, Clara". In Blangstrup, Chr. Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). 23 (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 885–886. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Clara Tschudi". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
3. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1938 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 614. Retrieved 10 May 2014.