Bente Hansen
- April 25, 2022
- 82 years
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Bente Hansen, 82, Danish writer and women's rights activist.
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|Bente Hansen (4 March 1940 – April 2022) was a Danish writer, editor and women's rights activist who was a prominent supporter of the Danish Red Stocking Movement from 1970. She published a number of books on socialism and the role of women and was coordinating editor of the daily newspaper Information in the mid-1970s, giving special attention to social movements.
Biography
Born on 4 March 1940 in Kolding, Hansen was the daughter of the veterinarian Hans Kristian Hansen and Grethe Vera Nornild, a teacher. Her sister was Litten Hansen.
After matriculating from Vestjsk Gymnasium in Tarm, she spent a year in Brussels, returning to Denmark to study literature at the University of Copenhagen. From 1961 to 1966, she was influenced by the strong women's traditions of Kvinderegensen, the women's college where she stayed. She received her M.A. in 1966.
On the political front, she was influenced by a group of students from the Soviet Union she met in 1959, becoming an active left-wing socialist and a member of the Socialist People's Party. A talented orator, she was a strong supporter of free abortion and equal pay, causes she also developed as editor of the bimonthly journal Politisk Revy from 1966. From 1970, thanks to contacts with Ninon Schloss, she consistently devoted a column to the Red Stocking Movement. Over the next 15 years, she became one of the unofficial leaders of the women's movement in Denmark, participating in the gathering on the island of Femø in 1971. Together with Vibeke Vasbo and Mette Knudsen, she drafted a number of documents which became the ideology of the Red Stockings. She was the main speaker at the first women's meeting in Copenhagen's Fælledparken in 1975.
Her role as an editor at Information from 1976, where she was one of just three women editors opposed by 33 men, proved too difficult, leading to her resignation in 1977. She nevertheless continued as a commentator at BT. She later participated in developing a major television series on women in the labour movement, broadcast in 1986. By 1990, as a result of exhaustion and increasingly poor health, she had to cut back on her activities.
Hansen died in April 2022 after prolonged illness.
Selected publications
Hansen published the following books in Danish:
- Den marxistiske litteraturkritik (1967)
- Kapitalisme, socialisme, kommunisme (1969)
- Kunst og kapitalisme (1971)
- Kvinderne fra Herning (1971)
- Det lille røde leksikon (1974)
- Forfattere i/mod kapitalismen (1975)
- Dengang i 60’erne (1978)
- I virkeligheden - poems (1980)
- Fuglen Herbert Jørgensen - children's book (1990)
- Kommer til live - poems (1993)
- Til den som elsker en narkoman - conversations with those concerned (1995)
- En køn historie - (2004)
- Gud og hvermand - (2008)
- Det kimer nu til julefest - (2011)
- Historien Findes - (2014)
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Trivia & Knowledge· 16 questions
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1.In what year did Bente Hansen publish the children's book titled Fuglen Herbert Jørgensen?
- A.1980
- B.1993
- C.1990correct
- D.1995
The children's book Fuglen Herbert Jørgensen was published by Bente Hansen in 1990.
Source: Selected publications section
2.When did Bente Hansen pass away?
- A.April 2022correct
- B.May 2014
- C.June 2011
- D.March 1940
Bente Hansen died in April 2022 after a prolonged illness.
Source: Biography section
3.How many women editors, including Bente Hansen, were at the newspaper Information when she joined in 1976?
- A.Thirty-three
- B.One
- C.Threecorrect
- D.Thirty-six
Bente Hansen was one of just three women editors at the newspaper Information when she joined in 1976.
Source: Biography section
4.In what city was Bente Hansen born in 1940?
- A.Koldingcorrect
- B.Copenhagen
- C.Tarm
- D.Herning
Bente Hansen was born on 4 March 1940 in Kolding.
Source: Biography section
5.What was the profession of Bente Hansen's mother, Grethe Vera Nornild?
- A.Veterinarian
- B.Teachercorrect
- C.Writer
- D.Editor
Grethe Vera Nornild, the mother of Bente Hansen, worked as a teacher.
Source: Biography section
6.At which institution did Bente Hansen study literature starting in the early 1960s?
- A.University of Aarhus
- B.University of Copenhagencorrect
- C.Vestjsk Gymnasium
- D.Kvinderegensen college
Bente Hansen returned to Denmark to study literature at the University of Copenhagen.
Source: Biography section
7.Which political party did Bente Hansen join as an active left-wing socialist?
- A.Communist Party of Denmark
- B.Danish Red Stocking Party
- C.Liberal Alliance
- D.Socialist People's Partycorrect
Bente Hansen became a member of the Socialist People's Party.
Source: Biography section
8.What was the name of the bimonthly journal where Bente Hansen served as an editor starting in 1966?
- A.Information
- B.Red Stocking News
- C.Politisk Revycorrect
- D.Dansk Socialist
Bente Hansen worked as an editor of the bimonthly journal Politisk Revy from 1966.
Source: Biography section
9.Who helped Bente Hansen gain contacts that led to her work with the Red Stocking Movement?
- A.Grethe Vera Nornild
- B.Ninon Schlosscorrect
- C.Vibeke Vasbo
- D.Mette Knudsen
Bente Hansen consistently devoted a column to the Red Stocking Movement starting in 1970 thanks to contacts with Ninon Schloss.
Source: Biography section
10.In what year did Bente Hansen attend a gathering of the women's movement on the island of Femø?
- A.1975
- B.1971correct
- C.1966
- D.1970
Bente Hansen participated in the gathering of the women's movement on the island of Femø in 1971.
Source: Biography section
11.Bente Hansen was the main speaker at the first women's meeting in which location in 1975?
- A.Kvinderegensen
- B.Copenhagen University
- C.Herning
- D.Fælledparkencorrect
Bente Hansen served as the main speaker at the first women's meeting in Copenhagen's Fælledparken in 1975.
Source: Biography section
12.Why did Bente Hansen resign from her position at the newspaper Information in 1977?
- A.She moved to Brussels
- B.She wanted to write books
- C.The work proved too difficultcorrect
- D.She became a full-time activist
Bente Hansen's role as an editor at Information proved too difficult, leading to her resignation in 1977.
Source: Biography section
13.Following her newspaper career, Bente Hansen became a commentator for which organization?
- A.Danish Television
- B.Information
- C.Politisk Revy
- D.BTcorrect
Bente Hansen continued her career as a commentator at BT after leaving the newspaper Information.
Source: Biography section
14.Which of these books was published by Bente Hansen in 1971?
- A.Dengang i 60’erne
- B.Kvinderne fra Herningcorrect
- C.Den marxistiske litteraturkritik
- D.I virkeligheden
Kvinderne fra Herning was one of the books published by Bente Hansen in 1971.
Source: Selected publications section
15.Bente Hansen participated in developing a television series on what topic in 1986?
- A.Environmental issues
- B.Women in the labour movementcorrect
- C.Socialist ideology
- D.The history of the Red Stocking Movement
Bente Hansen participated in developing a major television series on women in the labour movement broadcast in 1986.
Source: Biography section
16.What led Bente Hansen to cut back on her professional activities by 1990?
- A.Financial constraints
- B.A return to university
- C.Family commitments
- D.Exhaustion and poor healthcorrect
By 1990, Bente Hansen had to cut back on her activities as a result of exhaustion and increasingly poor health.
Source: Biography section
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