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In 1902 the Swedish Society for Woman Suffrage was founded, supported by the Social Democratic women's Clubs [24] to achieve the final reform in women's civil rights: women suffrage. [24] Another important goal at this point was to make it possible for women to access the same professions as men on higher levels, which was denied them even when ...
Feminism in Sweden is a significant social and political influence within Swedish society. [1] [2] Swedish political parties across the political spectrum commit to gender-based policies in their public political manifestos. [3] The Swedish government assesses all policy according to the tenets of gender mainstreaming.
Women were officially admitted to the universities in Sweden in 1870. Widerström's father wished for her to be a gymnastics teacher like himself. In 1873–1875, Karolina Widerström was a student at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute , and in 1875–1877, she was the assistant to Professor Branting.
Rosalie Ulrika Olivecrona, née Roos (December 9, 1823 – June 4, 1898), was a Swedish feminist activist and writer. She is one of the three great pioneers of the organized women's rights movement in Sweden, alongside Fredrika Bremer and Sophie Adlersparre.
Dodillet was born in Böblingen, and has been living in Sweden since 2001. [2] Dodillet earned a master's degree in cultural education from the University of Hildesheim in Germany (2001) and a PhD in the history of ideas from the University of Gothenburg in 2009.
The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation (English: Woman to Woman) is a Swedish organization founded in 1993 as a result of the Yugoslav Wars.It supports women in war and conflict zones with a strong concentration on the Balkans, but is also active in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (Swedish:; 11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement.
Anna Whitlock was the daughter of the merchant Gustaf Whitlock and Sophie Forsgrén, and the sister of the feminist and author Ellen Whitlock [] (1848–1936). When her father, a moderately well off businessman, was ruined, the family was supported by her mother, who was many years younger than her father, and who educated herself as a photographer and worked as a translator to support the family.