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Ellen Key
1849–1926
A bold Swedish writer and reformer, she became one of the best-known voices in debates about education, love, marriage, and women’s rights around the turn of the twentieth century. Her ideas on child-centered upbringing and social change helped shape discussion far beyond Sweden.
8 Audiobooks
Skönhet för alla: Fyra uppsatser
by Ellen Key
The Education of the Child
by Ellen Key
De moedige vrouw
by Ellen Key
The Morality of Woman, and Other Essays
by Ellen Key
The Century of the Child
by Ellen Key
The Woman Movement
by Ellen Key
Moralens utveckling Fri bearbetning efter Ch. Letourneau: "L'évolution de la morale"
by Ellen Key, Ch. (Charles) Letourneau
Love and Marriage
by Ellen Key
About the author
Born in Sweden in 1849, she grew up in an educated, politically active family and later worked as a teacher and lecturer. She wrote on family life, ethics, education, and women’s rights, and became an important figure in the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough.
She is especially remembered for championing a child-centered view of education and parenting. Her book The Century of the Child brought her international attention, and her writing on love, marriage, and personal freedom made her influential as well as controversial.
By the early twentieth century, she was known across Europe as a public intellectual and social critic. She died in 1926, but her work still stands out for its mix of feminist thought, educational reform, and belief that social progress should begin with how children are raised.