About Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir
Lived 1851 – 1924 (aged 72–73). Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir was an Icelandic journalist.
Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir (1851 – 1924) was an Icelandic editor and publisher.
She was born to an Icelandic judge. She was educated in Denmark. On her return to Iceland, she was employed as a teacher at the first school for girls in Iceland, the Reykjavik Women's Gymnasium.
In 1889, she was employed at the archive of the Althing and as such become the first woman to be employed there.
In 1899, she took over the pioneering Icelandic feminist women's magazine Framsókn from Sigríður Þorsteinsdóttir and Ingibjörg Skaptadóttir, and managed it in collaboration with Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir.
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Who was Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir?
Icelandic editor and publisher
When was Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir born?
Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir was born in 1851.
When did Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir die?
Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir died in 1924.
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Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir was a journalist.
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Jarþrúður Jónsdóttir was Icelandic.
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