Eva Hemmer Hansen

Eva Tjuba Hemmer Hansen (1913–1983) was a Danish journalist, novelist, translator and feminist. While working for the newspaper Demokraten, in 1944, she published Helene, the first in a series of novels, several of which proved popular. As a social democrat, she played particular attention to women's issues, chairing the party's women's committee for the Aarhus City Council. She later left the party in order to support the women's cause. In 1968, she was appointed chair of the Danish Women's Society, compiling a history of the organization in connection with its 100th anniversary in 1970. A highly active translator, in 1975 she published a new Danish edition of the collected works of Charles Dickens.