Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde (1857 - 1914)

Short name	Wergeland, Agnes Mathilde
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First name	Agnes Mathilde
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Date of birth	1857
Date of death	1914
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Sex	Female
Place of birth	Oslo (NOR)
Place of death	Laramie, Wyoming
Lived in	United States , Norway
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Provisional Notes	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.

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Place(s) of Residence	United States , Norway

Author of	Slavery in Germanic Society during the Middle Ages Amerika og andre digte Leaders in Norway and other essays

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