Vibeke Salicath

Vibeke Ingeborg Salicath née Frisch (1861–1921) was a Danish philanthropist, feminist and politician.

From the 1890s, together with her sister Gyrithe Lemche, she was an active member of the Danish Women's Society where from 1901 she edited Kvinden & Samfundet.

[2] It was together with another single mother, the journalist Valborg Andersen, that Salicath founded the women's hostel Kvindeherberget in 1902, later known as Kvindehjemmet in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen.

Providing philanthropic services for unmarried mothers with children, the institution's innovative approach helped to change attitudes towards single women in unfortunate circumstances.

[2] Representing the conservative party Højre, she was one of the first seven women to be elected to the Copenhagen City Council (Borgerrepræsentationen) in 1909, where she took a particular interest in the Nærumgård children's home.