Lis Groes

Born in Copenhagen on 2 November 1910, Anne Lisbeth Tørsleff was the daughter of the educator Signe Andrea Tørsleff and the university lecturer P. Madsen Lindegaard. At Haderslev Katedralskole in southern Jutland, where her mother was principal, she was active in the students' association. When she was 18, she won the Politiken' contest in public speaking. The prize for this was a trip to Washington, D.C. There, representing one of the 19 countries present, she was the only woman to address the audience of 4,000. ==References==