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The first, and possibly the most important, confrontation I had was with biologism. In 1960, when I completed secondary school in Denmark, year 10 was still divided into mathematics for the boys and what was commonly called “girls’ arithmetic.” After all, girls had not been naturally blessed with mathematical abilities, it was thought, and, consequently, there were very few girls in the mathematics class at upper secondary school. Girls were going to work in shops or to sit in offices until they got married, so what they needed was mental arithmetic.
This is a slightly altered version of my article in Swedish: “Från rödstrumpa till professor” from the book Föregångarna (The Forerunners), ed. by Kirsti Niskanen and Christina Florin, SNS Publishing House 2010. With the permission of the publisher. Translated into English by Academic Editing & Translation Services.
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Dahlerup, D. (2014). From Feminist Activist to Professor. In: Pande, R. (eds) A Journey into Women’s Studies. Gender, Development and Social Change. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137395740_6
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