Ane (Anna) Marie Laursen née Christensen (1845–1911) was a Danish schoolteacher and women's rights activist. In 1891, she became headmistress of the realskole in Aarhus which was later known as Fru Laursens Skole (Mrs Laursen's School). Founded on Grundtvigian principles, it was one of Denmark's first mixed schools. In 1886, Laursen was a co-founder of the Aarhus branch of the Danish Women's Society. As its president from 1897, she became an early defender of women's suffrage although this was not yet on the Society's official agenda.[1][2]
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- ^ "Laursens Realskole Århus: 90 Års Jubilæum" (PDF) (in Danish). Laursens Realskole. 12 November 1976. Retrieved 11 March 2020.