Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . DANISH SWEDISH WOMEN AGRICULTURISTS. SWEDEN By MARY T. NATHHORST Characteristics—The Position of Swedish Women—Work and Wages—Higher Education—The Peasantry—Town Workers—The Arts in Sweden—The Growing Influence of Mamselle Characteristics. THE Swedish woman shares her chiefcharacteristics with other branches ofthe Germanic race, and her nearest rela-tive is undoubtedly the Finn. Both Finnand Swede are honest and fair-dealing, frank and loyal; per-haps rather phlegmatic in tem-perament,
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . DANISH SWEDISH WOMEN AGRICULTURISTS. SWEDEN By MARY T. NATHHORST Characteristics—The Position of Swedish Women—Work and Wages—Higher Education—The Peasantry—Town Workers—The Arts in Sweden—The Growing Influence of Mamselle Characteristics. THE Swedish woman shares her chiefcharacteristics with other branches ofthe Germanic race, and her nearest rela-tive is undoubtedly the Finn. Both Finnand Swede are honest and fair-dealing, frank and loyal; per-haps rather phlegmatic in tem-perament, but at the same time of a livelyfancy, and gifted with a great propensity fordreaming. If there is a difference betweenthe two, it lies in the more earnest natureof the Finn, in her more serious view of life,and in her deep interest in social questions ;while the Swede is more refined, more highlycultured, and takes broader views of thingsin general. If we compare the Swede with the women of less closely related races, we may saythat while both she and the Norwegian areindustrious and independent
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