Kristina Quint (13 April 1859 – 30 October 1924) was a
Swedish
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educator, children's newspaper editor,
suffragette
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, and
feminist
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. She was the founder and editor of one of the earliest children's magazines in Sweden, ''
Kamratposten
''Kamratposten'', also styled as ''KP'', (Swedish: ''The Friend-Post'') is a Swedish children's magazine published in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1892, it is one of the earliest children's magazines in the country.
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The maga ...
'' (''Folkskolans Barntidning''). An active member of the country's
women's suffrage
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movement, Quint served as the deputy chair of
Moderata Kvinnors Rösträttsförening since its inception in 1917.
Life
Stina Quint was born on 13 April 1859 at Frillestad parish,
Scania
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, one of the five children born to soldier Ola Quint and Elna Kristina. Quint attended the Frillestad public school, and between 1874 and 1875, she took teachers' training at Småskollärarinneseminariet in
Landskrona
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. She worked as a junior school teacher in Scania. In 1876, she enrolled in a public school teacher training programme in
Stockholm
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. Upon completion of the degree, she began working as a school-teacher in Hudiksvall. In 1880, she taught at a public school in
Nyköping
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Including Arnö, the locality on the ...
.
While working as a school-teacher, Quint championed for providing better reading opportunities to children, and she sought to publish new reading materials for them. As an active member of the local public-school teacher association in
Arnö
Arnö is a locality situated in Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 3,871 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Arnö is situated on a peninsula on the south side of the bay, with Nyköping on the north side. Locally, Arnö is consi ...
, she had close connection with the Swedish public-school teachers' association, Sveriges Folkskollärarförbund. She approached the association with a proposal to publish one weekly magazine for school children. However, her proposition was rejected. With the support of
Sophie Adlersparre
Carin ''Sophie'' Adlersparre, known under the pen-name Esselde (born Leijonhufvud; 6 July 1823 – 27 June 1895) was one of the pioneers of the 19th-century women's rights movement in Sweden. She was the founder and editor of the first women' ...
, the founder of ''
Home Review
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'', Quint earned a letter of recommendation in favour of publication of the children's journal.
Quint developed a close friendship with fellow school-teacher
Lilly Hellström, who served as a translator and writer for the magazine. The first issue of the journal entitled ''
Folkskolans barntidning'' (later known as ''Kamratposten'') was published on 16 March 1892,
and it was printed at the bookbindery of Hellström's father. Among the magazine's contributors were eminent contemporary writers such as
Jenny Nyström
Jenny Eugenia Nyström (13 or 15 June 1854 in Kalmar, Sweden – 17 January 1946 in Stockholm) was a painter and illustrator mainly known as the creator of the Swedish image of the '' jultomte'' on Christmas cards and magazine covers, thu ...
,
Ottilia Adelborg
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,
Elsa Beskow
Elsa Beskow ( Maartman; 11February 187430June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are ''Tale of the Little Little Old Woman'' and ''Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender''.
Back ...
,
Anna Maria Roos
Anna Maria Roos (9 April 1862 – 23 April 1938) was a Swedish educator, author, theosophist and songwriter.
Biography
Roos was born to Postmaster General Adolf Wilhelm Roos and Sophie Maria Roos née Nordenfalk in 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. Sh ...
,
Matilda Roos, and
Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg. Since its inception, the magazine showed the works of a broad array of women writers, and a complimentary issue of the journal ''Till Föräldrar, Tidskrift för att sprida goda uppfostringsgrundsatser'' was subsequently published.
In 1896, Quint and Hellström moved to
Stockholm
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, where they set up a publishing house for children's books. Quint was in charge of the company while Hellström served as its executive director. The company expanded its publications, which included a children's Christmas-time publication ''Julklappen'', a journal ''Linnea'', calendars ''Guldslottet'', ''Tummetott'', ''Gullebrand'', and ''Trisse'', as well as the storybook ''Rosengull''. These publications involved the same writers and illustrators who contributed to ''Folkskolans barntidning''.
In 1904, Quint and Hellström moved to Villa Hagen in Elfvik,
Lidingö
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, and Hellström served as Quint's co-editor. During this time, the villa became an influential meeting forum for writers,
suffragette
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s, artists, and municipal politicians. Quint was active in politics, reform, and was an active member of the
women's suffrage
Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
movement. She served as a member of the women's association Kvinnoklubben in Stockholm for 12 years, and was in charge of handling the finances of ''
Dagny
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Population
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The river Aubetin flows northwestward through the commune.
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* Communes of the Seine-et-Marne departme ...
'', a journal published by the cultural association
Fredrika Bremer Association
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. In 1902, she was elected as a board member of the
Föreningen för kvinnans politiska rösträtt (Society for Women's Suffrage), and remained its treasurer until 1913. Following the election in 1914, she was appointed as a representative of
Allmänna valmansförbundet
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(AVF). Along with Hellström, Quint became an active member of the Moderate Party women's association and its committee, which worked closely with AVF on women's suffrage. After its inception, she was elected as the deputy chair of Moderata Kvinnors Rösträttsförening (Moderate Party Women's Suffrage Association), and remained till 1919.
Quint died on 30 October 1924 in Stockholm.
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1859 births
1924 deaths
Swedish women educators
Swedish women editors
20th-century Swedish women politicians
20th-century Swedish politicians
19th-century Swedish educators
Swedish editors
Swedish suffragists
Swedish feminists
19th-century Swedish women writers