Nelly Thüring

Swedish photographer, politician (1875–1972)

Nelly Maria Thüring (21 June 1875, in Vankiva – 2 January 1972, in Enskede), was a Swedish photographer and politician (Social Democrat). She was one of the first five women elected to the Swedish parliament in 1921. Biography. Thüring was born the daughter of the farmer Nils Nilsson and Pernilla Persdotter in Vankiva, Sweden on 21 June 1875. She married the editor Johan Göransson in 1903, and divorced him in 1917. She took the name Thüring when she became active as a photographer. She was a shop clerk in 1890-96 and thereafter a photographer 1896–1933. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly_Th%C3%BCring

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