Åsa Karlsson Sjögren
Biographic Data
| ID | 4368431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Åsa Karlsson Sjögren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Åsa Karlsson |
| FAMILY NAME | Sjögren |
| SIGNATURE | SJÖGREN Å K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto de Historia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8077-6578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Revisiting Gender in European History, 1400–1800
In 1700, Andrew and William Monroe and Hugh Gordon were prosecuted for the murder of Alexander McKenzie near to Alness in Scotland. The motive given by the court was a family argument over property-William was married to McKenzie’s daughter. The course of evidence highlighted a series of disputes that led to physical fights between the various parties: McKenzie’s friend, John Ross, had called Andrew a ‘Bugar and sone of a whore’ to which Andrew, …
Negotiating charity
This article studies the role of emotions as charity and poor relief expanded in late 18th- and early 19th-century Sweden, with a special focus on how fundraising was expressed in the local media. It was important for the local press to include almsgivers and to mobilize their ability to give when a more well-organized poor relief managed by men of the expanding middle class developed. The needs of the poor and the charity that were described and…
Women's Voices in Swedish Towns and Cities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
This article examines women's polling and eligibility in the municipal elections in Swedish cities and towns in the decades round the 1900 turn of the century. The aim is to present the patterns of suffrage, voting behaviours and representation that emerge from statistics produced by the women's movement and to discuss how these relate to the women's movement's strategies for women's political citizenship and national suffrage. The results are fu…
Matrimony, Property and Power
This article explores marriage settlements in national political debate and legal usage in three Swedish towns, c. 1870–1920. During this period one of the central issues for the Swedish women's movement was to abolish the legalized male dominance within marriage. Despite some ambiguities towards marriage settlements, the women's movement tried to encourage women to write up contracts before marriage, as a way to both protect their property and t…
Widows, ownership and political culture
In this paper we will analyse and discuss the widow's political participation during the second half of the early modern period. We focus on political elections and what possibilities that laid open for peasant and burgher widows to exert their influence at the elections.1 [Formula: See Text] We would like to thank Hanne Marie Johansen and others that participated in the workshop Enkefolk i skandinavisk historie ..., Bergen in October 2003 and co…
Widows, ownership and political culture
In this paper we will analyse and discuss the widow's political participation during the second half of the early modern period. We focus on political elections and what possibilities that laid open for peasant and burgher widows to exert their influence at the elections.1 [Formula: See Text] We would like to thank Hanne Marie Johansen and others that participated in the workshop Enkefolk i skandinavisk historie ..., Bergen in October 2003 and co…
Women's Voices in Swedish Towns and Cities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
This article examines women's polling and eligibility in the municipal elections in Swedish cities and towns in the decades round the 1900 turn of the century. The aim is to present the patterns of suffrage, voting behaviours and representation that emerge from statistics produced by the women's movement and to discuss how these relate to the women's movement's strategies for women's political citizenship and national suffrage. The results are fu…
Matrimony, Property and Power
This article explores marriage settlements in national political debate and legal usage in three Swedish towns, c. 1870–1920. During this period one of the central issues for the Swedish women's movement was to abolish the legalized male dominance within marriage. Despite some ambiguities towards marriage settlements, the women's movement tried to encourage women to write up contracts before marriage, as a way to both protect their property and t…
Widows, ownership and political culture
In this paper we will analyse and discuss the widow's political participation during the second half of the early modern period. We focus on political elections and what possibilities that laid open for peasant and burgher widows to exert their influence at the elections.1 [Formula: See Text] We would like to thank Hanne Marie Johansen and others that participated in the workshop Enkefolk i skandinavisk historie ..., Bergen in October 2003 and co…
Matrimony, Property and Power
This article explores marriage settlements in national political debate and legal usage in three Swedish towns, c. 1870–1920. During this period one of the central issues for the Swedish women's movement was to abolish the legalized male dominance within marriage. Despite some ambiguities towards marriage settlements, the women's movement tried to encourage women to write up contracts before marriage, as a way to both protect their property and t…
Women's Voices in Swedish Towns and Cities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
This article examines women's polling and eligibility in the municipal elections in Swedish cities and towns in the decades round the 1900 turn of the century. The aim is to present the patterns of suffrage, voting behaviours and representation that emerge from statistics produced by the women's movement and to discuss how these relate to the women's movement's strategies for women's political citizenship and national suffrage. The results are fu…
Negotiating charity
This article studies the role of emotions as charity and poor relief expanded in late 18th- and early 19th-century Sweden, with a special focus on how fundraising was expressed in the local media. It was important for the local press to include almsgivers and to mobilize their ability to give when a more well-organized poor relief managed by men of the expanding middle class developed. The needs of the poor and the charity that were described and…
Revisiting Gender in European History, 1400–1800
In 1700, Andrew and William Monroe and Hugh Gordon were prosecuted for the murder of Alexander McKenzie near to Alness in Scotland. The motive given by the court was a family argument over property-William was married to McKenzie’s daughter. The course of evidence highlighted a series of disputes that led to physical fights between the various parties: McKenzie’s friend, John Ross, had called Andrew a ‘Bugar and sone of a whore’ to which Andrew, …
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)