Feminism in the parliament

In the Danish Women's Association, opinions were divided about what goals the association should have. For some, the most important thing was to be recognized for the work women did at home for husband and children. For others, education, economic independence and the right to vote were the most important. It was not until 1915 that women succeeded in getting the right to vote, and this was, among other things, the merit of Julie Laurberg. She joined the women's movement and fought for the right to vote, just as she fought for more female photographers.

When they succeeded in getting the right to vote in 1915, a collective group of women went on a suffrage march to Amalienborg, and many photographers turned up to document it. Julie Laurberg was also there, but she was not content with taking photographs. She also shot a movie. It caused a stir because it was in the film's infancy. The photographer Peter Elfelt created the first Danish film in 1897, Nordisk Film was in the process of film production, but it was still unusual to see a photographer in the streets, and especially a woman.

After the commemoration, the Danish Women's Association decided to have portraits of important women's advocates taken and hung in the Town Hall. It turned into small "Medaillons in carbon print", which Julie Laurberg executed together with Franziska Gad and the painter Erik Struckmann. Laurberg and Gad have also photographed Danish women's advocates in other contexts.