Ellen Jørgensen (historian)

Ellen Sophie Rasmine Jørgensen (1877–1948) was a Danish historian and librarian. She is remembered internationally for her authoritative books on Danish historiography, including ''Historieforskning og Historieskrivning i Danmark intil Aar 1800'' (1931). Her earlier doctorate thesis ''Helgendyrkelse i Danmark i Middelalderens senere Tid'' provides a detailed, well-sourced account of the church and scholarly history of Denmark and Europe in the Late Middle Ages. In addition to heading the Manuscript Department of the Royal Danish Library, from 1924 to 1931 Jørgensen was the first woman to serve as editor of the journal ''Historisk Tidsskrift''. Provided by Wikipedia