American Swedish Historical Museum Fredrika Bremer collection Bulk, 1847-1864 1847-1960

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American Swedish Historical Museum Fredrika Bremer collection Bulk, 1847-1864 1847-1960

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Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865) was a Swedish author and feminist of international renown. The American Swedish Historical Museum Fredrika Bremer collection, 1847-1960, contains correspondence and photographs. The highlight of the collection is an original manuscript for Bremer's . Hertha

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American Swedish Historical Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The first permanent European settlement in the Delaware Valley was New Sweden, a colony founded by Swedish emigrants in 1638. Swedish sovereignty over the colony lasted less than 20 years, although Swedes continued to settle in the area and exerted an influence over its cultural development. Swedish immigration to the United States rose sharply for the period from 1867 and 1914, when difficult economic conditions in Sweden and cheap land in the United States encouraged many to make ...

Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865

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Fredrika Bremer was an internationally-known Swedish writer and feminist. Her early domestic novels and travel writings were popular in Swedish and English, and her later novels, advocating the emancipation of women, influenced reforming legislation that advanced the status of women in Sweden. From the description of Fredrika Bremer letters, 1848-1859. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848570 Author. From the description of Fredrika...