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**Elise Ottesen-Jensen** or **Ottar** (1886 - 1973) was an
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[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink"),
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[feminist](Feminism "wikilink"), [reproductive
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rights](Reproductive_Rights "wikilink") activist,
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[queer](Queer_People "wikilink") rights activist, sex educator and
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journalist.
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## Life
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### Early Life
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She had been born as one of 18 children to a highly religious family
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where her father was a priest. She quickly grew to question and distrust
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religious authority, and became a journalist after high school. During
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[World War I](World_War_I "wikilink"), she met and fell in love with the
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anarcho-syndicalist [Albert Jensen](Albert_Jensen "wikilink") and began
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working for the syndicalist press. She developed an interest in sexual
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liberation and the advancement of reproductive rights, traveling around
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Scandinavia giving lectures on safe sex, abortion and sexual freedom.
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During [World War II](World_War_II "wikilink"), she helped several gay
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people and Jews find refuge in [Sweden](Kingdom_of_Sweden "wikilink") as
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they fleed [Nazi](Nazism "wikilink") persecution. She became an editor
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for several magazines dealing with psychology and sexual knowledge. She
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continued to travel and lecture and spread information about sexual
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health, doing so nearly put her in [prison](prison "wikilink") several
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times.\[1\]
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## Quotes
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"I dream of the day when all the children who are born are welcome, all
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men and women are equal and sexuality is an expression of sincerity,
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pleasure and tenderness."\[2\]
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## References
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1. [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") (Norwegian) -
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<https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elise_Ottesen-Jensen>
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