Fatima Bremmer
“a rare feat of combined narrative delight and historical accuracy.”
– Expressen“What Fatima Bremmer does, in this doctoral thesis turned collective biography, is to breathe life into their black-and-white studio portraits as well and pave the way for a new historiography in which more feminist leading figures can be given their rightful place.”
– SvD“Bremmer writes vividly about the Klara of that time, the bohemian newspaper quarter that never slept.”
– Dagens Nyheter
SMART, BRAVE AND IRRESISTIBLE.
The Pioneers – A sisterhood of change, they were a group of women in Stockholm decide to challenge male domination. They move between hectic newspaper offices, royal dinners and war zones. This is the beginning of their pioneering exploits and a dizzying journey through 20th century Sweden. It is a story about lifelong friendships, about carrying each other through sickness, infidelity, forbidden love and abuse.
This is the story of a group of women who changed history forever. They called themselves: The League – Blood Sisters of the Klara Quarter and they were invincible.
