Name Theodora Lang | Died December 16, 1935 | |
Theodora Lang (1855–1935), was a Danish reform pedagogue and pioneer in women's education.
She was the daughter of the teacher Theodorus Lang (1802–61) and Ulricha Johanne Linderstrøm (1822–1900). She was educated at home, 1871–74 at the teacher's courses of Louise Westergaard, and 1881–82 at the school of Natalie Zahle. In 1882, she managed a girl school in Silkeborg. She had great success, added a women's teachers' seminar to her school and was given the right to issue professional degrees in 1887. In 1891–92, she was given the task by the government to lobby for the foundation of a governmental women's teachers seminar, though she was not successful. In 1893, she founded the Den danske Pigeskole or DDP, which held regular debates over issues of women's education; this organized the first exchange between teachers and students in the Nordic countries. In 1906 she was the co-founder of the Pigeskolernes Hjælpe- og Pensionskasse (Girl School's Help- and Pension Fund).