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The lecture is based on the newly published and award-winning book Konur sem kj\u00f3sa (A Century of Women Voters)<\/em>. The book discusses the life and political environment of Icelandic female voters. It tells the story of how women carved out a space for themselves to make, create, and determine the course of their own lives and that of society as a whole, while at the same time overcoming the obstacles they found at every turn. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe narrative revolves around the question of when women became fully fledged citizens, and it is structured around parliamentary elections.<\/p>\r\n
Konur sem kj\u00f3sa<\/em> is co-authored by Erla Hulda Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir, Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, Krist\u00edn Svava T\u00f3masd\u00f3ttir and \u00deorger\u00f0ur H \u00deorvaldsd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The authors chose one election year for each decade, from 1916, which was the first election after women won the right to vote, to 2017. By focusing on eleven election years they get cross-section of the political history of women over the one hundred years of women\u2018s suffrage in Iceland, as well as a narrative of progression, of what changed and how. In their talk Erla Hulda Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir and Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir will be focusing on the politics of women\u2018s work.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Erla Hulda Halld\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> is professor of history at the University of Iceland. Her published works concern women\u2019s and gender history, biography, correspondence, and historiography. She is the editor of the anthology Biography, Gender and History: Nordic Perspectives<\/em> (2016). <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ragnhei\u00f0ur Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> is professor of history at the University of Iceland. She is the author of works on nationalism, democracy, the politics of the left, and gender. She is the country editor of the Scandinavian Journal of History<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The seminar is free of charge and open to the public. It requires registration before 17 May. You will receive a zoom-link by e-mail.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe lecturers<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n