Anna Whitlock was a Swedish school pioneer and feminist. Daughter of the merchant Gustaf Whitlock and Sophie Forsgrén and sister of the feminist Ellen Whitlock.

She graduated from Högre lärarinneseminariet in Stockholm in 1875 and was the correspondent of Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...

in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. In 1878, she founded a school in Stockholm with Ellen Key

Ellen Key

Ellen Karolina Sofia Key was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement...

; the "Stockholms nya samskola" (The New Stockholm Co-educational School) and later "Whitlockska samskolan" (The Whitlock Co-educational) where she practised new methods such as students councils, parent days and free choiche of subject. She was also a feminist; she was the chairman of Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage

Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage

The Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage , or LKPR, was a part of the general Suffrage movement and the national society for woman suffrage in Sweden. It was developed from Sveriges allmänna rösträttsförbund , the Suffrage Movement of Sweden, which was active mainly in acquiring full suffrage for males...

 in 1903-1907 and 1911-1912.

She was given Illis Quorum

Illis Quorum

Illis Quorum ["For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"], today the highest award that can be conferred upon an individual Swedish citizen by the Government of Sweden....

in 1918.

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