Secrets of the sprakkar Iceland's extraordinary women and how they are changing the world

"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 experi...

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Main Author: Reid, Eliza (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022]
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Table of 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.