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Nya Idun
('New Idun') is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart to ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings". Activity was founded on 7 February 1885 on the premises of the at Jakobsbergsgatan 11 in Stockholm. Its founders were Calla Curman, Hanna Winge, Ellen Fries, Ellen Key and Amelie Wikström. The first fifteen women elected to the association's committee were Alfhild Agrell, Lilly Engström, Selma Giöbel, Therese Gyldén, Anna Höjer, Amanda Kerfstedt, Anne Charlotte Leffler, Hulda Lundin, Agda Montelius, Anna Munthe-Norstedt, Mathilda Roos, Anna Sandström, Hilma Svedbom, Anna Whitlock, and Coraly Zethræus. The association's model was Sällskapet Idun in Stockholm, founded in 1862, which, according to its statutes, was for "men living in Stockholm who have their own activities and interests in science, literature and art in various fields". accepted only m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calla Curman
Calla Curman (; 12 November 1850 – 2 February 1935) was a Swedish writer, salon-holder and feminist. She was also the founder of Stångehuvud nature reserve and one of the five founders of the women's association Nya Idun. Family Calla Lundström was born on 12 November 1850 in Jönköping, Sweden, the only child of wealthy industrialist and his wife Sofie Malmberg (1830–1897). She received in-home tutoring from a private tutor. At the age of 17, she married Adolf Liljenroth (1836–1874), a battalion physician, with whom she had two children, and . A few years after she was widowed, Lundström's parents took her on a trip to Italy. The educated Carl Curman, whom she had met on a visit with her mother to Lysekil during a few summer weeks in 1864, was invited to join them as a guide for the Italian trip. In 1877, she returned to Lysekil, then as Professor Carl Curman's guest. The following year they were married. He had worked as a spa doctor in Lysekil since 1859. With C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therese Gyldén
Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese * Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg * Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1728–1778), German noblewoman *Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, (1792–1854), queen of Bavaria * Therese Alshammar (born 1977), Swedish swimmer * Therese Björk (born 1981), Swedish footballer * Therese Borssén (born 1984), Swedish skier * Therese Brandl (1902–1948), Nazi concentration camp guard. Convicted of crimes against humanity after the war and executed * Therese Brophy, player *Therese Crawford (born 1976), American volleyball player *Therese Elssler (1808–1878), Austrian dancer and baroness * Therese Giehse (1898–1975), German actress *Therese Grankvist (born 1977), Swedish singer and songwriter also known as Drömhus and Therese *Therese Grob (1798–1875), first love of the composer Franz Schube ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Dress Reform Association
Swedish Dress Reform Association (Swedish: ) was a Swedish women's association, active from 1886 to 1903.Jerremalm, Sanna (2010). Svenska reformdräkter : kvinnokläder för en ny tid. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, Textilvetenskap. Libris 13941878 It was a part of the Victorian dress reform, and worked to reform women's dress toward a more healthy and comfortable style, including abolishing the corset. The movement attracted a lot of attention and achieved some success during its duration, such as making corsets unfashionable among school girls. History Foundation The views of the Victorian dress reform were made known in Sweden by the book ''Dress and Health'', which was translated to Swedish under the name (likely by Oscara von Sydow) with an introduction by Curt Wallis and Hanna Winge. In February 1885, Anne Charlotte Leffler held a speech on the subject in the women's club Nya Idun, and asked Hanna Winge to design a Swedish reform dress; when this was done, Leffler becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Dress Reform
Victorian dress reform was an objective of the Victorian dress reform movement (also known as the rational dress movement) of the middle and late Victorian era, led by various reformers who proposed, designed, and wore clothing considered more practical and comfortable than the Victorian fashion, fashions of the time. Dress reformists were largely middle-class women involved in the History of feminism#First wave, first wave of feminism in the Western World, from the 1850s through the 1890s. The movement emerged in the Progressive Era along with calls for Temperance movement, temperance, women's education, suffrage and moral purity. Dress reform called for emancipation from the "dictates of fashion", expressed a desire to "cover the limbs as well as the torso adequately," and promoted "rational dress". The movement had its greatest success in the reform of women's undergarments, which could be modified without exposing the wearer to social ridicule. Dress reformers were also infl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Whitlock
Anna Whitlock (13June 185216June 1930) was a Swedish reform pedagogue, journalist, suffragette and feminist. She was co-founder and twice chairperson of the National Association for Women's Suffrage. She was also the co-founder of the women's cooperative food association Kvinnornas Andelsförening Svenska Hem. Early life Anna Whitlock was the daughter of the merchant Gustaf Whitlock and Sophie Forsgrén, and the sister of the feminist and author (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. It is said that Whitlock was given her interest in women's issues from her mother. After an inheritance, Sophie Whitlock engaged in building, had apartment buildings set up for female professionals, and also worked as a secretary for the women's organization Fredrika Bremer Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilma Svedbom
Hilma Hildegard Josefina Svedbom née Lindberg (28 September 1856 – 12 March 1921) was a Swedish Piano, pianist. Svedbom was born in 1856 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Gustaf Lindberg and Catharina Fernqvist. Her early musical education was taught by Oscar de Wahl. Later, she became a student at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, Stockholm Conservatory in 1874. Prominent pianist Hilda Thegerström was her instructor there. In 1881, she founded Damtrion ('the Women's Trio') along with Walborg Lagerwall and . She was a member of the trio until 1883, touring Sweden, Denmark, and Norway in 1882. She married , a composer, in 1884. Her mother-in-law, Fredrika Limnell, was known for holding Salon (gathering), salons. They were attended by a number of known figures in the humanities, including early feminists such as writer Fredrika Bremer. Svedbom herself was also involved in women's issues. In 1885, she was one of the first fifteen committee members of the women's association Nya Idu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Sandström
''Anna'' Maria Carolina Sandström (3 September 1854 – 26 May 1931) was a Swedish feminist, reform pedagogue and a pioneer within the educational system of her country. She is referred to as the leading reform pedagogue within female education in Sweden in the late 19th century. Early life Anna Sandström was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to administrator Carl Eric Sandström and Anna Erica Hallström. After her father's early death, she was brought up as a foster child of Colonel Hjalmar Hagberg. Because of her foster father's profession, she followed him around the country on his military posts and was therefore often forced to interrupt her education. She was educated at the Royal Normal School for Girls ('' Statens normalskola för flickor'') and the Royal Seminary (''Högre lärarinneseminariet'') in Stockholm, where she graduated as a teacher in 1874. By the time of her graduation, females had very recently been given the right to attend university in Sweden, but she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathilda Roos
Lovisa Mathilda Roos (2 August 1852 – 17 July 1908), also known under the pen name M. Rs., was a Swedish writer. Biography Lovisa Mathilda Roos was born 2 August 1852 in Stockholm. Her parents were Malte Leopold Roos (1806–1882), a colonel at Svea Artillery Regiment, and Mathilda (Tilda) Beata Meurk (born 1821). She was educated at home and at Åhlinska skolan. Remaining unmarried, she lived with his sister Anna and sometimes also with Laura Fitinghoff, with whom she built the Furuliden house in Stocksund, which later became, as she had hoped, a rest home for women. Roos was a member of the women's association Nya Idun and one of its first committee members. Roos' novels usually dealt with women's issues and their unfair treatment in society. She was not afraid to address sensitive subjects at that time including lesbian love in (The First Love). A religious crisis in the 1880s affected her later books. In the novel (White Heather), she takes up the unclear living condi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Munthe-Norstedt
Anna Katarina Fredrika Munthe-Norstedt (28 July 1854 – 17 April 1936) was a Swedish painter known for still-lifes and interiors. She also worked with genre painting and portraits. Biography Anna Munthe-Norstedt was born in the parish of Döderhult in Oskarshamn, Sweden. She was the daughter of the pharmacist Martin Arnold Fredrik Munthe (1816-1877) and his second wife Louisa Aurora Ugarsky (died 1878). Her brother Axel Munthe was a physician and writer. Her brother served in the Swedish naval military and was an author. Her nephew Malcolm Munthe was a British soldier, writer, and curator. Originally, she wanted to become an actress, but was met with solid resistance from her parents, so she decided to become a painter instead. With her father's support, she enrolled at the Swedish Craft Association's School (''Svenska Slöjdföreningens skola''). Founded in 1844 as a part-time art school for artisans, the first female students were admitted to the school in 1857. She st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agda Montelius
Agda Georgina Dorothea Alexandra Montelius (; 23 April 1850 – 27 October 1920) was a Swedish philanthropist and feminist. She was a leading figure of the Swedish philanthropy, active for the struggle of women's suffrage, and chairwoman of the Fredrika Bremer Association in 1903–1920. Biography Montelius was born in Köping, Sweden in 1850, the daughter of the government defence minister and noble lieutenant general Alexander Reuterskiöld and Anna Schenström. She was educated at the fashionable girls' school '' Hammarstedtska flickskolan'' in Stockholm. On 20 September 1871, she married the Swedish archaeologist and professor Oscar Montelius (1843–1921). She was described as diminutive, calm, kind and thoughtful, dutiful and always busy with her many projects. She had bad eyesight and eventually became blind in one eye. Her own personal ideals was simple and strict. Montelius was regarded as a central figure and an ideal among the women of the higher middle class in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulda Lundin
Hulda Lundin (June 12, 1847, Kristianstad – March 13, 1921, Oscars Parish, Stockholm) was a Swedish tailor and educator who laid the foundation for modern sewing education. She was the founder of the so-called “Swedish public school system of manual training”, and served as Inspector of Girls' Sloyd in the public schools of Stockholm. The government of Sweden granted Lundin a stipend to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the only woman thus chosen. Early years and education Hulda Sofia Lundin was the daughter of Anders Lundin and Christine Andersson, as well as sister to the fashionista, fashion designer, and tailor Augusta Lundin and actor Anna Diedrich. Both Lundin and her older sister, Augusta, learned sewing from their father, who was tailor. She studied at the Dahlska Girls School from 1855 to 1863. Career Educator Lundin worked in 1862–1866 as a teacher at the Dahlska Girls School. In 1867, she moved from her native town in Scania to Stockholm to work as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
