Ernst Hakon Jahr. Clara Holst: En kvinnelig pioner i akademia i Norge.(Book review)

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: September 22, 2007| Author: May, Gergana | Copyright information

Ernst Hakon Jahr. Clara Holst: En kvinnelig pioner i akademia i Norge. Oslo: Novus Forlag, 2006. Pp 240.

The title of this book is quite revealing--it is the biography of Clara Holst, who was one of the first women in the Norwegian academe. She was, most notably, the first woman who received her doctoral degree in Norway and was a pioneer in many other ways as we see later in the book. 2003 marked one hundred years since Holst received her degree, and the stated goal of ...

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