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Book SynopsisAlva Myrdal, the scholarly partner and wife of Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, was an innovative social scientist and thinker in her own right. She helped to lay the intellectual foundations of Sweden's social welfare state, pioneered educational innovations, and became an activist for human rights. This biography tells her story.
Trade ReviewAn impressive gender drama and an equally striking picture of 20th-century women's history.
-- Marianne Ekenbjorn * Sundsvalls Tidning *
. . . Hirdman's account is a riveting psychological and emotional portrait of the Myrdal marriage. . . . Recommended. All levels/libraries.July 2009
* Choice *
It's brilliant. A masterpiece. Read and tremble!
-- Ulrika Knutson * Kulturnytt *
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Chronology
Prologue
1. The Child Prodigy
2. Love by Letter
3. The Two Cages
4. Encounter with Reality
5. Joie de Vivre
6. The Firm—Social Engineering, Inc.
7. A New Deal?
8. A Human Dilemma
9. Breeding Secret Dissatisfaction
10. "Good God, what a challenge!"
11. The Ambassador
12. A Cause, Gunnar, a Cause!
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
