Gender and vocation

Kirjan kuvaus

1. Introduction : the Lutheran context of Nordic women's history / Markkola, Pirjo 2. From Fredrika Bremer to Ellen Key : calling, gender and the emancipation debate in Sweden, c. 1830-1900 / Hammar, Inger 3. 'Called by the Lord' : women's place in the Norwegian missionary movement / Seland, Bjørg 4. The calling of women : gender, religion and social reform in Finland, 1860-1920 / Markkola, Pirjo 5. The cult of domesticity in Danish women's philanthropy, 1870-1920 / Lützen, Karin 6. Philanthropy, politics, religion and women in Iceland before the modern welfare system, 1895-1935 / Inga Huld Hakonardottir.