Jenny Rossander (1837-1887) was a Swedish educator, mathematician, women's rights activist and journalist.Johanna Sofia (Jenny) Rossander, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/JennyRossander, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Kerstin Rydbeck), hämtad 2021-03-07. She and her sister

Alida Rossander Alida Rossander (1843-1909) was a Swedish educator, mathematician, women's rights activist and bank clerk official.Alida Emelie Rossander, www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/AlidaRossander, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Kerstin Rydbeck), hämt ...

were students of the pioneering Lärokurs för fruntimmer in 1859, were among the first teachers employed when it was transformed to the

Högre lärarinneseminariet The Royal Seminary, fully the Royal Advanced Female Teachers' Seminary ( sv, Kungliga Högre Lärarinneseminariet, abbreviated KHLS), was a normal school (teachers' college) in Stockholm, Sweden. It was active from 1861 until 1943. It was the fi ...

in 1861, and were fired by Jane Miller Thengberg when the school was given an organized structure in 1864, and in 1865 they became the founders and managers of the

Rossander Course The Rossanderska kursen ("Rossander Course"), also called ''Fröknarna Rossanders lärokurs för fruntimmer'' ("The Miss' Rossander Courses"), and ''Jenny Rossanders Lärokurs för fruntimmer'' ("Jenny Rossander's Learning Course for Women"), was a ...

. From 1864 she was a journalist of the

Home Review The ''Home Review'' ( sv, Tidskrift för hemmet) was a Sweden, Swedish women's magazine, published from 1859 to 1885. It was the first women's magazine in the Nordic countries and its inception is sometimes regarded as the foundation of Sweden's w ...

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