Ella Anker

Eli Birgit "Ella" Anker (2 June 1870 – 20 April 1958) was a Norwegian magazine journalist, newspaper correspondent, playwright, feminist,[1] and pamphleteer.

She was born at Sagatun Folk High School in Vang, Hedmark to Herman Anker (1839–1896) and Danish citizen Marie Elisabeth "Mix" Bojsen (1843–1892).

[7] After her husband's death she worked as subeditor for the weekly magazine Hver 8de Dag, and a Dagbladet correspondent in Rome.

She also supported the controversial Norwegian claim to "Erik the Red's Land", and wrote several publications about this: the books Grønland for Norge ('Greenland for Norway', 1923) and Norges rett til Eirik Raude's land ('Norway's Right to Erik the Red's Land', 1931), and also the piece in Norges Kvinder in 1931, Det norske folks undergang på Grønland under danskestyret ('The Downfall of the Norwegian People of Greenland under Danish Rule'), and the play Eirik Raude about Erik the Red.

She also agitated for peace between nations, child benefit, for giving wage to mothers (1928's book Mødrelønn) and total prohibition.