KJØBENHAVNS BESTILLINGSKONTOR
FOR TÆNDSTIKKER SAMT
ØKONOMISKE HUSHOLDNINGSARTIKLER
("Copenhagen booking office for matches
and economic household")
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Caroline Marie Hansen
1887 - 1936
1887 - 1904 Pilestræde 43
1904 - 1936 Pilestræde 50
Allready as a 19 -year-old Caroline Marie Hansen was,
after graduating the trading school, in 1875, employeed in
the merchant firm Menck & Co.
Here she learned thoroughly in the trading of Menck and when the
latter withdrew his younger brother in the firm in 1887
Caroline Hansen chose to start her own business in Pilestræde
43.
She quickly got a good turnover which grew steadily over the
next years and in 1904 she bought the property Pilestræde 50 ,
where she opened the shop on the ground floor and lived herself
with her mother and two sisters on the other floors .
At the same time Caroline Hansen took, like his sisters
Emma Cathrine and Julie Edmunda her mother's maiden name into
their names.
In 1905 , she entered a 5 year contract for the supply of
matches from the "De forenede Danske Tændstikfabrikker", (a
Gosch company) and she was a very loyal dealer .
Gosch 's president, Folmer Preisler was so pleased with Caroline
Hansen that he often pleased Caroline Herding so she would
continue to sell their products.
She was even
allowed to continue to trade with other brands as long as Gosch
just had a production and price agreement with these companies ,
a price agreement , which at that time was not quite official .
Caroline Herding Hansen was next to her business career , a
pioneer in the emerging women's movement and a natural role
model for other women who were considering a career in business
.
She was elected auditor in a number of women's organizations and
came in 1899 in the Board of the Women's Building in Copenhagen
.
In 1911 her business formed model for a similar business
in Frederiksberg.
In 1925 she bought along with two of her sisters a new villa at
Skodsborg Strandvej , later called " Herdinghus " .
In 1936 Caroline Marie Herding Hansen choosed to close her
business and she died 4 years later in her villa " Herdinghus "
.
Avistegning af Caroline Herding Hansen
Annonce for Caroline Herding Hansens forretning
Caroline Herding Hansens årlige juleannonce i Børsen
