Kirstine Frederiksen

[2] Although Frederiksen did not undertake university studies, in 1891 she received the University of Copenhagen's gold medal for her pedagogical dissertation, De vigtigste almene Love for Opdragelsen, som lader sig udlede af den nyere Psykologi og Etik, a work which was never published.

She had, however, already begun publishing in the 1880s, contributing critical articles to journals such as Vor Ungdom, and writing books on teaching methods including Anskuelsesundervisning (1889), Barnets Sjæleliv (1890), and Amerikanske Undervisnings-Eksperimenter (1896).

Following her study trips to the United States and Germany, she suggested that in their first school years, Danish children should be encouraged to learn on the basis of their senses of smell, taste, sight and feeling, rather than on reading books.

In 1875, she presented a lecture on English women's voluntary contributions to society, and worked to make the association more suited to the needs of university students.

She chaired the Danish Women's Society from 1887 to 1894, and was one of its most effective leaders, until she began to suffer from serious health problems.