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After gaining an M.A. in history, Söderhjelm spent 3 years in Paris, preparing her doctoral thesis. This was a study of journalism during the French Revolution. This was published as ''La Régime de la presse pendant la Révolution française'' <ref>[http://archive.org/details/lergimedelapre01sduoft Le Régime de la presse pendant la Révolution française (1901)].</ref>, and she was awarded a doctorate in 1900. |
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| ⚫ | In 1906 she was appointed to a lectureship, the first woman in Finland to attain such a position. She stayed in this position until 1927. At this point, she became chair of General History at Åbo Akademi University, and thus the first female professor in Finland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Söderhjelm, Alma (1870 - 1949)|url=http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=2852|accessdate=20 September 2012}}</ref> |
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Söderhjelm worked as a journalist, writing a column for the newspaper [[Åbo Underrättelser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bibbild.abo.fi/hands/Soderhjelm/index.htm|title=Alma Söderhjelms Samling}}</ref> . She also wrote novels and screenplays. She co-wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Blizzard (1923 film)|The Blizzard]]'' (1923), directed by [[Mauritz Stiller]]. |
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She was an occasional contributor to feature films, including co-scenarist for ''[[The Blizzard (1923 film)|The Blizzard]]'' (1923), directed by [[Mauritz Stiller]]. |
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Revision as of 15:56, 20 September 2012
Alma Söderhjelm (10 May 1870 – 16 March 1949) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish historian and the first female professor in Finland.
Academic Career
After gaining an M.A. in history, Söderhjelm spent 3 years in Paris, preparing her doctoral thesis. This was a study of journalism during the French Revolution. This was published as La Régime de la presse pendant la Révolution française [1], and she was awarded a doctorate in 1900.
In 1906 she was appointed to a lectureship, the first woman in Finland to attain such a position. She stayed in this position until 1927. At this point, she became chair of General History at Åbo Akademi University, and thus the first female professor in Finland.[2]
Her academic work also involved editing the correspondence of the French Queen Marie Antoinette with the Swedish nobleman von Fersen and with some French revolutionaries.[3]
Other Activities
Söderhjelm worked as a journalist, writing a column for the newspaper Åbo Underrättelser[4] . She also wrote novels and screenplays. She co-wrote the screenplay for The Blizzard (1923), directed by Mauritz Stiller.
Söderhjelm was politically active. She smuggled journals into Finland from Sweden, and helped military volunteers to move from Sweden into Germany [5]