Ellen Key

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Ellen Key


Born
in Sundsholm Mansion, Småland, Sweden
December 11, 1849

Died
April 25, 1926

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Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (Swedish pronunciation: [kej]) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, and was also a suffragist.

She is best known for her book on education, Barnets århundrade (1900), which was translated in English in 1909 as The Century of the Child.

Average rating: 3.4 · 129 ratings · 26 reviews · 208 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Century of the Child (F...

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Skönhet för alla

3.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1899 — 2 editions
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The Education of the Child

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The Morality of Woman: And ...

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The Woman Movement (1912)

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Missbrukad Kvinnokraft och ...

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Love and Marriage

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1911 — 96 editions
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Bildning : några synpunkter

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De moedige vrouw

2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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Tankebilder

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“Why is the heart that is broken considered so much more valuable than the one or the two who must cause the pain lest they themselves perish?"

Ellen Key

“Love is moral even without legal marriage, but marriage is immoral without love.”
Ellen Key

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