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First Issue of Freyja, February 1898

Front page of Freyja, a women’s periodical published in Selkirk, Manitoba, February 1898. The masthead reads Freyja in Gothic typeface, with I. Ár. Nr. I. indicating the first year, first issue. The page features Icelandic text in two columns bordered by decorative lines, including a poem titled Til Kvenna on the left and an introductory article on the right.

Image courtesy of the Icelandic Special Collections, University of Manitoba Libraries.

The front page of the first issue of the magazine Freyja, published in Selkirk, Manitoba in February 1898. It features a poem by Sigfús Benedictsson about Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir and an editorial by Margrét Benedictsson honouring Ólafía’s pioneering work in Iceland toward women’s rights and education.