Migrating women and transnational relations

Swedish-American connections since the 1920s

Bibliographic Data

ID11992533
AuthorsNevra Biltekin (0000-0002-2958-1094, Stockholm University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue4
Pages531-549
Publication date2021-03-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScandinavian Journal of History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0346-8755 • E-ISSN: 1502-7716
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03468755.2021.1895305
OpenAlexW3138764867
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited36

This article analyses the ways in which Swedish and Swedish-American women in the United States have maintained transnational connections with Sweden. Empirically, the article details the organizational profiles and activities of two associations: the American Daughters of Sweden, founded in 1926, and the Swedish Women’s Educational Association, formed in 1979. By studying the post-mass migration period, the article provides new insight into an era that has received little attention in Swedish-American scholarship. The study shows that women actively engaged in, and vigorously nurtured cultural, social and business-related contacts with Sweden. By establishing these transnational connections, women became prominent actors in upholding and redefining Swedish-American relations

Period (music · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Social and Educational Sciences

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