Mimi Sverdrup Lunden
Mimi Sverdrup Lunden | |
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Born | Maria Sverdrup 13 June 1894 Sulen, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
Died | 8 January 1955 Oslo, Norway | (aged 60)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | educator, non-fiction writer and proponent for women's rights |
Parent | Edvard Sverdrup |
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Mimi Sverdrup Lunden (13 June 1894 – 8 January 1955) was a Norwegian educator, non-fiction writer and proponent for women's rights [1]
Personal life
Lunden was born in
In 1918 she married Tallak Lunden (1886–1930),[4] with whom she had two daughters. Her husband was director at Kongsberg Municipal Middle School prior to his death in 1930.
Career
When she was 12 years old, her family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo). She graduated
While she still had young children and her husband was seriously ill, she was terminated as a "married teacher". This experience reinforced her lifelong commitment in women's rights. In 1936, she joined the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening). From 1948 she chaired the Norwegian chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation. [5]
Lunden was also an author. In 1922 she was awarded a prize from the Nansen Foundation. She wrote a number of noted books. Additionally she published articles about issues which concerned her: women's rights, international peacekeeping, and educational issues. Her best-known book is De frigjorte hender from 1941. The book is a study of women's important and varied work in the pre-industrial society. The book also noted that in the industrial age, much of this work was taken over by factories, machines and men.[4]
Selected works
- Kvinnen og maskinen. Kvinnearbeidet i støpeskjeen, 1946
- Foreningsarbeide, en håndbok, 1948
- Barnas århundre, 1948
- Den lange arbeidsdagen, 1948
References
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Sverdrup". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Sverdrup". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ a b c Frølich, Agnes H. "Mimi Sverdrup Lunden". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Vår historie". Norsk Kvinnesaksforening. Retrieved 1 June 2018.