About Gunhild Kyle
Lived 1921 – 2016 (aged 94). Gunhild Kyle was a Swedish historian.
Gunhild Kyle (28 August 1921 – 14 February 2016) was a Swedish historian. She was Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg.
Early life and education Gunhild Karlson was born on 28 August 1921 in Gothenburg, the daughter of sales manager Gunnar Karlson and his wife, Karin (Lundstedt). She completed a master's degree in Gothenburg in 1950, became a Licentiate of Philosophy in 1970, earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 1972, and became a docent in 1979.
Career Kyle was an assistant professor at Vasa municipal girls' school in Gothenburg, and at a high school in Partille. She served as a senior lecturer at high school in Stenungsund before becoming, in 1984, Sweden's first professor of women's history at the University of Gothenburg, where she worked until 1987/1988, after which she became professor emerita. She is the author of Svenska flickskolor under 1800-talet ("Swedish girls' schools during the 19th century") (1970; thesis with the same name in 1972) and Gäst-arbeterska i manssamhället ("Guest workers in the men's society") (1979), and well as essays in various journals. She is the mother of the historian, Doctor Jörgen Kyle (born 1950) and actor Sissela Kyle (born 1957). Kyle died on 14 February 2016 in Stockholm.
Selected works Svensk flickskola under 1800-talet., 1970 Två studier i den svenska flickskolans historia, 1972 Kvinnorna i männens samhälle. Ur den officiella debatten om kvinnans villkor i Sverige. ([Edited by] Gunhild Kyle, Gunnar Qvist.)., 1974 Klassbildning och kvinnobildning. Gästarbeterska i manssamhället : studier om industriarbetande kvinnors villkor i Sverige, 1979 Kvinnan under 1900-talet - konflikten mellan produktion och reproduktion. , 1980 Kultur kring kvinnobildning Kvinnors liv i det svenska samhället : tio forskningsprojekt stödda av Riksbankens jubileumsfond, 1981 Kvinnohistoria. Del 1 : Kvinnohistoria i forskning och skolundervisning, 1981 Kvinnorna i Skövde : kvinnor i familj och arbete, i politik och kulturliv i en svensk småstad 1880-1930 Borgerligt kvinnligt och borgerligt manligt i försvarsrörelsen : en studie i Skövde Tidning - Västgöta Korrespondenten 1870-1920. En doktorsavhandling om den rgelementerade prostitutionen. Geijer, liberalismen och kvinnornas medborgarrätt Deskriptivt om kvinnlig rösträtt. Genrebilder av kvinnor : en studie i hemmens hierarkier, 1983 "Hvarför skola kvinnor vänta?" Tulipanarosor : reformverksamhet och reformverklighet, 1984 Borgarens fru och arbetarens hustru Männen som stödde kvinnokampen ... Giftermål gjorde myndig kvinna omyndig Arbetets döttrar. 2, Sociologiska och historiska synpunkter, 1986 Två skrankor : om kvinnor och utbildning kring sekelskiftet, 1986 Arbetsdelning, tidsfördelning och kunskapstilldelning : om kvinnors och mäns samhällsvillkor Fyra uppsatser om nordiska kvinnliga forskarpionjärer : en kommentar Kvinnor och kunskap Manliga strukturer och kvinnliga strategier : en bok till Gunhild Kyle, 1987 Kvinnoliv i staden : II The marginalized majority, 1987 Skrivande kvinnor, 1987 Genrebilder av kvinnor : en studie i sekelskiftets borgerliga familjehierarkier., 1987 Kvinnor och kunskap, 1987 Arbetsdelning, tidsfördelning och kunskapsfördelning : om kvinnors och mäns samhällsvillkor., 1987 Handbok i svensk kvinnohistoria, 1988 Gästarbeterska i manssamhället, 1990 The division of work between the sexes and its social consequences. Handbok i svensk kvinnohistoria, 1992 Kvinnoprofiler, 1993 Kring franska revolutionen Rätt till röst. Kvinnobildning i historiskt perspektiv , 1994 Mary Wollstonecraft : Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden 1795-1995 in Uddevalla 2-6 september 1995, 1995 Kunglig änka på Gripsholm - drottning Maria Eleonora. Married and Degraded to Legal Minority The Swedish Married Woman during the Emancipation Period, 1858–1921 , 2004 Handbok i svensk kvinnohistoria , 2006 Kvinnoprofiler, 2006
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Swedish historian (1921–2016)
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Gunhild Kyle was born on 28 August 1921 in Haga parish.
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