About Beatrice Dickson

Cecilia Elise Beatrice Dickson was a Swedish philanthropist and a pioneering temperance activist in Gothenburg. In 1884, together with her mother, Dickson founded the Överås Blue Cross Association, Sweden's first temperance society, serving as its secretary for 15 years. She also chaired the city's Kristliga Föreningen av Unga Kvinnor or YWCA from 1891 to 1916.

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Beatrice Dickson

Swedish philanthropist (1852-1941)

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