This article explores depictions of female suffrage and the women’s movement in two stories published for girls: Cecilia Milow’s ”Han eller hon?” (1892, Him or Her?) and Hedvig Svedenborg’s Hannas dagbok (1921, Hanna’s Diary). My aim is to analyze how representatives of the women’s movement are portrayed in the texts and how meeting these women affects the character development of the protagonist.The article shows that both narratives associate the women’s movement with modernity. In Milow’s text, the main character has to find a balance between a modern, exaggerated version of female liberation and misogynist views of women’s subordination. Svedenborg’s novel, on the other hand, contrasts different types of female modernity and emancipation, giving priority to women who combine traditionally feminine values with political work as ”mothers of society”. Despite their ideological differences, both texts address the girl reader as a future political subject by incorporating explicit discussions of women’s rights in books for girls.
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机译：本文在为女孩出版的两个故事中探索了女性选举权和女性运动的描写：塞西莉亚·米洛（Cecilia Milow）的“汉·阿勒·洪（Han eller hon）？” （1892年，他还是她？）和Hedvig Svedenborg的Hannas dagbok（1921年，Hanna的日记）。我的目的是分析文本中如何描绘女性运动的代表，以及与这些女性的见面如何影响主角的性格发展。文章表明，两种叙述都将女性运动与现代性联系在一起。在米洛的著作中，主角必须在现代的，过分夸张的女性解放与厌恶女性的女性从属观点之间找到平衡。另一方面，Svedenborg的小说对比了不同类型的女性现代性和解放性，优先考虑将传统女性价值观与政治工作相结合的女性，作为“社会之母”。尽管在意识形态上存在差异，但两种文本都通过在女孩书籍中纳入对女性权利的明确讨论，将女孩读者作为未来的政治主题。
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