Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer Size:S: 40 x 30cm Text below gives a description

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North side of Guildhall Chapel showing the entrance to Cutthroat Alley

Princes Street and the Scott Monument

Greater Manchester

'Edward I Attacks Scotland'

Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer Size:S: 40 x 30cm Text below gives a descriptionEllen Key (1849 1926), Swedish feminist writer, 1926. Key was an early advocate of a child centred approach to motherhood and a suffragist. She maintained that motherhood is so crucial to society that the government, rather than their husbands, should support mothers and their children. These ideas regarding state child support influenced social legislation in several countries. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: