Agnes Mathilde Wergeland (1857 - 1914)

Short name Agnes Mathilde Wergeland
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First name Agnes Mathilde
Birth name Wergeland
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Date of birth 1857
Date of death 1914
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Sex Female
Place of birth Norway
Place of death United States
Lived in United States , Norway
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Education Higher education
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Agnes Mathilde Wergeland was ...
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Place(s) of Residence United States , Norway
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Modest family-background. Zürich Writer. Professor of History. Born in Norway, emigrated to USA. Higher education in Münich and Zürich. Studied Old Norse law. Mentor: Konrad Konrad Ph.D. in Zürich 1890 (first Norwegian woman to receive a Ph.D.). Scholarship at Bryn Mawr. Lecturer at the University of Illinois. Docent in history and instructor at the University of Chicago. Professor University of Wyoming. Managed to get her Ph.D. in Old Norse law, in spite of very limted economical resources. Emigrated to USA due to the difficulties for women to have a professional career in Norway. Professor of History.