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[[File:annaruling.png|200px|thumb|left|Anna Ruling]]

==Country==

Germany

==Birth - Death==

1880 - 1953

==Occupation==

Activist, Journalist

==Description==

Pseudonym of the Lesbian activist Theodora "Theo" Anna Sprungli, notable for her various speeches and writings promoting the rights of lesbians.  Considered to be the first known lesbian activist when she gave a speech on gay and women's rights at the 1904 annual meeting of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee in Berlin.

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.lesbengeschichte.de/Englisch/bio_rueling_e.html
* http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/uraniamanuscripts/anna.html

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