Ida Schmidt, (1857-1932) was a Swedish women's rights activist, and she founded one of the first gardening schools for women in the country. In 1910, the first year that women were allowed to run for municipal office, she was one of Sweden's first females elected to the city council.[1]
Schmidt was born 19 September 1857 in Karlshamn, Sweden into a well-to-do family. Her father was Herman Schmidt and her mother was Carolina Schmidt, born Böös.[1]
Educatoredit
Schmidt had received training in gardening in Germany, Denmark and Finland. For instance, she visited Heyl's garden school in Charlottenburg, Germany in 1892. In 1896-1897 she studied at Norrviken's garden school at Bråviken in Östergötland, led by Rudolf Abelin, and at Roskilde garden school in Denmark.[1]
In 1900, with her friend Sigrid Hård, she started a garden school called Agdatorp in Blekinge, that could accommodate 14–16 students per year. It was one of the first educational institutions to offer garden training to women in Sweden. Every year, from one to four students were admitted free of charge using funds provided by the county. In several garden exhibitions, the school won prizes in competition. By the time the school closed in 1910 because of financial difficulties, 132 students had studied there over ten years.[1][2]
Changing attitudes toward womenedit
According to Inger,[2] the establishment of a gardening school for women was not without controversy, sometimes because of the awkward design of women's skirts.
Opinions on whether women belonged in the gardening profession or did not varied over time. During the 19th century, there were a few articles that were critical of women, perhaps because women were not many. During the first decades of the 20th century, the number of female garden educational institutions increased and thus also the negative articles. How the women were portrayed differs between different newspapers and the editor's attitude prevailed to a great extent. The most negative articles can be found in Svensk trädgårdstidning, a body for the Swedish Association of Conditioned Gardeners. In, for example, the General Swedish garden newspaper, on the other hand, there were more and more pictures of women in practical work clothes in the process of carrying out heavier work.[2]
Activistedit
While she was running the garden school, Schmidt became involved in the Association for Women's Political Voting Rights (FKPR, the local branch of the National Association for Women's Political Voting Rights, LKPR). She was named its chairman in 1905.[1]
In 1910, the first year that women were allowed to run for office, Schmidt was elected to the Karlshamn City Council for the Liberals. In 1914, she became one of the first women on the pension board, as a new law concerning municipal pension boards had been enacted that year, which allowed her to run.[1]
In addition, she worked for the Red Cross's local branch in the city and was its secretary beginning in 1914 with the start of World War I, and continuing through 1927.[1]
Schmidt died at 75 in Karlshamn on 27 December 1932 and is buried in the city's Hvilan cemetery.[1][2][3]
schmidt, 1857, 1932, swedish, women, rights, activist, founded, first, gardening, schools, women, country, 1910, first, year, that, women, were, allowed, municipal, office, sweden, first, females, elected, city, council, bornida, carolina, schmidt19, september. Ida Schmidt 1857 1932 was a Swedish women s rights activist and she founded one of the first gardening schools for women in the country In 1910 the first year that women were allowed to run for municipal office she was one of Sweden s first females elected to the city council 1 Ida SchmidtBornIda Carolina Schmidt19 September 1857Karlshamn SwedenDied27 December 1932Karlshamn SwedenBurial placeHvilan cemeteryNationalitySwedishOccupation s Business owner city council memberParentsHerman Schmidt father Carolina Boos mother Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Educator 1 2 Changing attitudes toward women 1 3 Activist 2 References 3 Further readingBiography editSchmidt was born 19 September 1857 in Karlshamn Sweden into a well to do family Her father was Herman Schmidt and her mother was Carolina Schmidt born Boos 1 Educator edit Schmidt had received training in gardening in Germany Denmark and Finland For instance she visited Heyl s garden school in Charlottenburg Germany in 1892 In 1896 1897 she studied at Norrviken s garden school at Braviken in Ostergotland led by Rudolf Abelin and at Roskilde garden school in Denmark 1 In 1900 with her friend Sigrid Hard she started a garden school called Agdatorp in Blekinge that could accommodate 14 16 students per year It was one of the first educational institutions to offer garden training to women in Sweden Every year from one to four students were admitted free of charge using funds provided by the county In several garden exhibitions the school won prizes in competition By the time the school closed in 1910 because of financial difficulties 132 students had studied there over ten years 1 2 Changing attitudes toward women editAccording to Inger 2 the establishment of a gardening school for women was not without controversy sometimes because of the awkward design of women s skirts Opinions on whether women belonged in the gardening profession or did not varied over time During the 19th century there were a few articles that were critical of women perhaps because women were not many During the first decades of the 20th century the number of female garden educational institutions increased and thus also the negative articles How the women were portrayed differs between different newspapers and the editor s attitude prevailed to a great extent The most negative articles can be found in Svensk tradgardstidning a body for the Swedish Association of Conditioned Gardeners In for example the General Swedish garden newspaper on the other hand there were more and more pictures of women in practical work clothes in the process of carrying out heavier work 2 Activist edit While she was running the garden school Schmidt became involved in the Association for Women s Political Voting Rights FKPR the local branch of the National Association for Women s Political Voting Rights LKPR She was named its chairman in 1905 1 In 1910 the first year that women were allowed to run for office Schmidt was elected to the Karlshamn City Council for the Liberals In 1914 she became one of the first women on the pension board as a new law concerning municipal pension boards had been enacted that year which allowed her to run 1 In addition she worked for the Red Cross s local branch in the city and was its secretary beginning in 1914 with the start of World War I and continuing through 1927 1 Schmidt died at 75 in Karlshamn on 27 December 1932 and is buried in the city s Hvilan cemetery 1 2 3 References edit a b c d e f g h Nordgren Boel 2020 05 28 skbl se Ida Carolina Schmidt skbl se Retrieved 2020 12 03 a b c d Inger Olausson Women in the Horticultural Industry 1860 1950 Bulletin for Horticultural History Research 29th Edition 2016 p 16 https www diva portal org smash get diva2 1059652 FULLTEXT01 pdf Ida Carolina Schmidt 1857 1932 Find A Grave www findagrave com Retrieved 2020 12 03 Further reading editIdaSchmidt Ida Schmidt at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ida Schmidt amp oldid 1177323470, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
