| Description |
x, 277 pages : map ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes reading group guide (pages 258-260). |
| Summary |
"Iceland is the best place on earth to be a woman-but why? For the past twelve years, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report has ranked Iceland number one on its list of countries closing the gap in equality between men and women. What is it about Iceland that makes many women's experience there so positive? Why has their society made such meaningful progress in this ongoing battle, from electing the world's first female president to passing legislation specifically designed to help even the playing field at work and at home? And how can we learn from what Icelanders have already discovered about women's powerful place in society and how increased fairness benefits everyone? [The author] examines her adopted homeland's attitude toward women-the deep-seated cultural sense of fairness, the influence of current and historical role models, and, crucially, the areas where Iceland still has room for improvement"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-270) and index. |
| Contents |
An immigrant in Iceland -- Helping parents helps us all -- The saga-era sprakki who defied convention -- The strength in sisterhood -- Stigma-free sexuality -- The no-holds-barred sprakki of the middle ages -- Claiming the corporate purse strings --Being seen and heard in the media -- The undaunted sprakki who fought for nature -- Finding harmony in the wild -- Art as an instrument of equality -- The sprakkar who rallied a nation -- No woman is an island -- The sprakki who shattered the glass ceiling -- Politics on her own terms -- Within reach. |
| Subject |
Women -- Iceland -- Social conditions.
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Women -- Iceland -- Economic conditions.
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Women -- Iceland -- History.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights.
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Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
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Women -- Economic conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176665
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Women -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst01176947
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Iceland. (OCoLC)fst01210572
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Reid, Eliza. Secrets of the sprakkar Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022] 9781728242170 (DLC) 2021023606 |
| ISBN |
9781728242163 (hardcover) |
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1728242169 (hardcover) |
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