Alfhild Agrell

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Alfhild Agrell


Born
in Härnösand, Sweden
January 14, 1849

Died
November 08, 1923


Alfhild Teresia Agrell (January 14, 1849 in Härnösand, Ångermanland –November 8, 1923 in Flen) was a Swedish writer and playwright.

She temporarily used the pseudonyms Thyra, Lovisa Petterqvist and Stig Stigson, but she soon begun to use her own name, which was unusual for a woman; other famed female Swedish playwrights of the century, such as the sisters Louise and Jeanette Granberg, both used male pseudonyms. The subject that she concentrated on, sexual double standards, was very shocking for her time.

Alfhild Agrell was an important contributor to the cause of gender equality in regards of sexuality; in her work, she handles the questions and consequences of sexual injustice, the sexual double standards such as the fact that a woman is sub
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