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Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde (1857 - 1914)

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Short name Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde
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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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Place of birth Oslo
Place of death Laramie (Wyoming)
Lived in United States , Norway
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Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde was ...
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Amerika og andre digte (1912) 0 0
Slavery in Germanic Society during the Middle Ages (1916) 0 0
Leaders in Norway and other essays (1916) 0 0

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Unknown photographer, portrait of Agnes Wergeland, unknown date. None is portrait of

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.