Alva Myrdal.(Brief Article)

From: Change | Date: November 1, 1999 | Copyright information

Sissela Bok's memoir of her mother, Alva Myrdal (1991), offers much for two-career spouses to ponder. The international stage on which the drama of Nobel laureates Gunnar and Alva and their children, Jan, Sissela, and Kaj, was enacted only highlights strivings and tensions many academics will recognize.

Alva and Gunnar met in 1919 (she was 17, he 20) and married in 1924. Their attraction was founded on love, intense discussions, a zest for knowledge and social reform; th...

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