{{Short description|Swedish politician, editor (1856–1939)}} thumb|Anna Sterky '''Ane Cathrine "Anna" Sterky''' née Nielsen (1856–1939) was a Danish-Swedish politician (Social Democrat), trade union organiser, feminist and editor, chiefly active in Sweden.<ref>Stig Hadenius, Torbjörn Nilsson & Gunnar Åselius (1996). Sveriges historia. Borås: Bonnier Albs. {{ISBN|91-34-51857-6}}</ref>
== Professional career == Sterky worked as a seamstress in Denmark, where she was active in the Danish trade union movement.
She was a pioneer in her work to build up trade unions for women, and she also worked for the creation of a social democratic women's group within the party. She was a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1900 to 1925, chairwoman of the Women's Trade Union (1902–1907), editor of the magazine ''Morgonbris'' of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden, together with Maria Sandel<ref>{{cite journal |author=Katarina Leppänen|title=The Swedish journal Morgonbris on political violence in Finland 1917–1918 |journal=Scandinavian Journal of History|date=2019|volume=44|issue=2|page=194|doi=10.1080/03468755.2018.1466986 |doi-access=free}}</ref> (1904–1909) and honorary chairwoman of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden (1920–1925).
== Personal life == In 1891, she moved to Sweden with the Swedish trade union organiser Fredrik Sterky, with whom she had a relationship; they never married, but she used his surname.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Gunhild Kyle och Eva von Krusenstjerna (1993). Kvinnoprofiler. Norstedts Tryckeri AB Stockholm: Natur & Kultur. {{ISBN|91-27-75349-2}}. * Stig Hadenius, Torbjörn Nilsson & Gunnar Åselius (1996). Sveriges historia. Borås: Bonnier Albs. {{ISBN|91-34-51857-6}}. ==Further reading == * {{SKBL}} {{Authority control}}
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