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Public view and private voicesessay 1989 • Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir
Icelanders • Europe > Scandinavia
During World War II it has been estimated that three hundred Icelandic women from all social classes married American soldiers who were then stationed in Iceland. After the war these women accompanied by their husbands left Iceland to settle in the U...The mountain woman and the presidencyessay 1996 • Inga Dóra Björnsdóttir
Icelanders • Europe > Scandinavia
In June 1980 Iceland elected Vigdís Finnbogadóttir as first woman president of the republic. It is a popular belief in Iceland that Finnbogadóttir's election reflects Icelander's age-old liberal attitudes toward women, and that as president she has b...