Elfriede Lender

Elfriede Amanda Lender was an Estonian teacher. Lender was the founder of the first Estonian-language girls' school in Estonia.
She started working as a teacher in Tallinn in 1901 and opened a free school for boys and girls in 1906. In 1907, she established Elfriede Lender Private High School, where Estonian girls could study. From 1920 until 1927, she studied at the University of Tartu. In 1937 she established a teacher training school for preschool educators.
In 1944 she fled to Sweden. From 1945 until 1962, she worked in Stockholm.
She was married to the engineer Voldemar Lender. There is a memorial to Elfriede and Voldemar in Tallinn.

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