Wendela Hebbe

Swedish journalist and writer

Wendela Hebbe
Wendela Hebbe (née Åström; 9 September 1808 – 27 August 1899), was a Swedish journalist, writer, and salon hostess. She was arguably the first permanently employed female journalist at a Swedish newspaper. She had a significant place in the radical literary circles of mid 19th-century Sweden and was a controversial role model for the emancipated woman. Early life. Wendela Hebbe was born in Jönköping. She was the eldest of three daughters of the parish vicar Anders Samuel Åstrand and Maria Lund. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendela_Hebbe

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