Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir (1851 – 1924) was an Icelandic editor and publisher.Björg Einarsdóttir, Úr ævi og starfi íslenskra kvenna: útvarpserindi II. (Reykjavík: Bókrún 1986) She was born to an Icelandic judge. She was educated in Denmark. On her return to Iceland, she was employed as a teacher at the first school for girls in Iceland, the Reykjavik Women's Gymnasium. In 1889, she was employed at the archive of the

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and as such become the first woman to be employed there. In 1899, she took over the pioneering Icelandic feminist women's magazine ''Framsókn'' from

Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir (1841–1924) was an Icelandic editor and publisher.Björg Einarsdóttir, Úr ævi og starfi íslenskra kvenna: útvarpserindi II. (Reykjavík: Bókrún 1986) She founded, managed and published the monthly women's ma ...

and

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, and managed it in collaboration with

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References

*„Frú Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir“ 19. júní 1. júlí 1924, bls. 49-50 *Handritasafn Lbs.-Hbs. varðveitir bréfasafn hennar {{DEFAULTSORT:Jarthrudur Jonsdottir Jonsdottir, Jarthrudur Jonsdottir, Jarthrudur 19th-century Icelandic people 19th-century Icelandic women writers 19th-century Icelandic writers Icelandic journalists Icelandic women journalists Jonsdottir, Jarthrudur Icelandic editors Icelandic women editors Icelandic publishers (people)