The Century of the Child
work by Key
Also known as: “Barnets århundrede”
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discussed in biography
- In Ellen Key
Barnets århundrade (1900; The Century of the Child, 1909) made her world famous. This book and numerous other publications concerning the issues of marriage, motherhood, and family life were translated into many languages. In 1903 she started lecture tours abroad, particularly in Germany. She also propagated her ideas…
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place in Swedish literature
- In children’s literature: Sweden
, The Century of the Child, 1909), pivotal in the history of the discovery that children really exist; a general modern atmosphere of social enlightenment; welfare statism tempered by regard for the individual; a school and library system, notably in Sweden, of extraordinary humanity and efficiency;…
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