Theodora Lang
Theodora Lang (1855–1935), was a Danish reform pedagogue and pioneer on women's education.
She was the daughter of the teacher Theodorus Lang (1802-61) and Ulricha Johanne Linderstrøm (1822-1900). She was educated at home, 1871-74 at the teacher's courses of Louise Westergaard, and 1881-82 at the school of Natalie Zahle. In 1882-, she managed a girl school in Silkeborg. She had great success, added a women's teachers' seminar to her school and was given the right to issue professional degrees in 1887. In 1891-92, she was given the task by the government to lobby for the foundation of a governmental women's teachers seminar, though she was not successful. In 1893, she founded the Den danske Pigeskole or DDP, which held regular debates over issues of women's education; this organized the first exhange between teachers and students in the Nordic countries. In 1906 she was the co-founder of the Pigeskolernes Hjælpe- og Pensionskasse (Girl School's Help- and Pension Fund).