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With a single word, she helped change world history
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With a single word, she helped change world history

Bodil Begtrup was not only Denmark's first female ambassador but also a pioneer in many areas. She is now honored with a bust in Copenhagen, which adds a female face to the public space. The bust was unveiled by Copenhagen's mayor, Sisse Marie Welling, at Ofelia Plads. Most notably, Begtrup played a crucial role as vice-chair of the UN committee that drafted the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, changing the text with just one word, a move described as 'brilliant' by Maria Jose Landeira Østergård.
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