Thorborg Rappe

Ragnhild Thorborg Rappe (4 October 1832 - 18 September 1902), was a Swedish pedagogue and Baroness. Alongside Emanuella Carlbeck, she is counted as a pioneer in the education of students with Intellectual disability in Sweden.[1]

Sh was born to the noble courtier Fredrik Rappe and married her cousin baron Carl August Rappe (1828-77) in 1854. She was related to Emmy Rappe, the pioneer of nursing education in Sweden.

From 1878 to 1891, she was the principal of the school for children with Intellectual disability in Stockholm, and from 1891 until her death manager of the home for females with Intellectual disability.

She was the author of the first Swedish book about the education of children with Intellectual disability, which became influential and was long used in Sweden.

In 1893, she was also the Swedish representative at the women's congress in Chicago.

References

  1. ↑ Nordisk familjebok. (1876-1926)