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SKÍRNIR
TIL VARNAR MANNÚÐ OG JAFNRÉTTI
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Heimildir
Benedictsson, Sigfús B. „Sögu-ágrip af hluttöku íslendinga í kvenréttindahreyfing-
unni í Manitoba." Lögberg 13. nóvember 1941. S. 3-4, 7.
Brynhildur. „The Messenger of Peace.“ Þýð. Árný Hjáltadóttir. The Icelandic
Canadian 53:2 (1994): 95-97.
Björg Einarsdóttir. „Margrét J. Benedictsson (1866-1956): Með sókn og þor í
skapi.“ f Úr ævi og starfi íslenskra kvenna. 3. bindi. Reykjavík 1986. S.
207-21.
Cleverdon, Catherine L. The Woman Suffrage Movement in Canada. 2. útg.
Toronto 1974.
Finnbogi Guðmundsson, ritstj. Bréf til Stephans G. Stephanssonar. Úrval. 3 bindi.
Reykjavík 1971-75.
Holenski, Evelyne R. „Margrjet Jónsdóttir Benedictsson. Created Equal - Our
Fair Share.“ [Ópr. handrit], 1980.
Johnson, Sigrid. „Margret Benedictsson, Freyja and the Struggle for Women’s
Equality.“ The Icelandic Canadian 52:3 (1994): 117-27.
Kristjanson, Wilhelm. The Icelandic People in Manitoha. Winnipeg 1965.
Stefán Einarsson. „Stúlkan frá Hrafnsstöðum, sem vildi ekki flétta á sér hárið,
verður foringi kvenréttindamálsins í Canada.“ Heimskringla 21. febrúar 1951.
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Summary
In 1898, Margrjet J. Benedictsson (1866-1956) and her husband, the poet Sigfús B.
Benedictsson (1865-1951), established the Icelandic monthly journal Freyja. Al-
though Freyja was but one among several journals published by the early Iceland-
ic settlers in Canada around the turn of the nineteenth century, it was the only
Western Icelandic magazine dedicated to the concerns of women and the first and
only women’s suffrage paper published in Canada at the time. The article presents
an analysis of Freyja both as a women’s suffrage journal and as a literary magazine
and highlights the Benedictssons’ and especially Margrjet’s views on the organ-
ization and operation of suffrage societies, women’s role in society, marriage, and
other issues central to the women’s rights movement. It also explores the reasons
for Freyja’s demise in 1910 and the impact the Benedictssons and the magazine
may have had on the decision in 1916 to grant women in Manitoba the provincial
suffrage for the first time in Canadian history.