Sigríður Magnusson (Q2178): Difference between revisions

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+Sigridr E. Magnusson
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+Mrs Ericke Magnussen
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+Sigride E. Magnusson
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+Sigrid Magnusson
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+Mme Magnusson
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+Madame Sigrid E. Magnusson
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+Sigríður Einarsdóttir
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+Mrs Magnusson
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+Sigridr E. Magnusson
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+Mrs Ericke Magnussen
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+Sigride E. Magnusson
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+Sigrid Magnusson
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+Mme Magnusson
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+Sigrid E. Magnusson
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+Madame Sigrid E. Magnusson
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+International Congress of Women's Works and Institutions
+Normal rank
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+note: Magnusson is listed as a member for Denmark and a delagate for schools for girls in Finland (English)
+specific reference information (free text): Actes du Congrès international des œuvres et institutions féminines (1890) (English)
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+Royal Archaeological Institute
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+Normal rank
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@@ Property / corresponded with: Royal Archaeological Institute / qualifier @@
+topic: proposed Icelandic Exhibition (English)
@@ Property / corresponded with: Royal Archaeological Institute / qualifier @@
+note: Magnusson wanted to hire the Institute's rooms for a proposed Icelandic exhibition. The Institue Council agreed, with provisos that she be entirely responsible for transporting and arranging the artefacts, that the Institue did not bear any responsibility for theft or damage (English)
@@ Property / corresponded with: Royal Archaeological Institute / qualifier @@
+note: that the Institute did not incur any expenses in relation to the display, and that Magnusson should be responsible for deciding on admission, and that the exhibition should last no more than two weeks. (English)
@@ Property / corresponded with: Royal Archaeological Institute / reference @@
+stated in: Royal Archaeological Institute Council Minute Book 1879-1912
specific reference information (free text): RAI/01/01/003 (English)
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+Cambridge
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+Normal rank
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+street address (free text): 31 Bateman Street, Cambridge (English)
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+stated in: Members List
specific reference information: Saga Book of the Viking Society
@@ Property / resided at @@
+Reykjavik
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / resided at: Reykjavik / qualifier @@
+street address (free text): unknown value
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+note: This is where Magnusson was born. (English)
@@ Property / resided at: Reykjavik / reference @@
+stated in: periodical
specific reference information (free text): Evening star,11 June 1897, Page 7 [Chronicling America] (English)
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+Cambridge
@@ Property / resided at: Cambridge / rank @@
+Normal rank
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+street address (free text): "Sunnyside", 91 Tenison Road, Cambridge (English)
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+stated in: Members List
specific reference information: Saga Book of the Viking Society
@@ Property / WorldCat Identities ID @@
+np-magnusson,%20sigridr%20e
@@ Property / WorldCat Identities ID: np-magnusson,%20sigridr%20e / rank @@
+Normal rank
@@ Property / WorldCat Identities ID: np-magnusson,%20sigridr%20e / qualifier @@
+described at URL: https://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-magnusson,%20sigridr%20e/
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+np-magnusson,%20sigridur%20einarsdottir
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+described at URL: https://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-magnusson,%20sigridur%20einarsdottir/
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+viaf-308740745
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+Normal rank
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+described at URL: https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-308740745/
@@ Property / contributed to @@
+Festival of Empire
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+Normal rank
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+location: London
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+note: Magnusson was one of the named Historical Referees for Scene 4: The Danish Invasion - The Breaking Down of London Bridge. (English)
@@ Property / contributed to: Festival of Empire / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): Sophia C Lomas, Festival of empire, Souvenir of the pageant of London (1911) (English)
@@ Property / loaner to @@
+Women's Industries Exhibition
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+Normal rank
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@@ Property / loaner to: Women's Industries Exhibition / qualifier @@
+loaned items: lace and embroidery from Iceland (English)
@@ Property / loaner to: Women's Industries Exhibition / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): The New Era (May 1885), p 138 (English)
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+Metropolitan Museum of Art
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+Normal rank
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@@ Property / loaner to: Metropolitan Museum of Art / qualifier @@
+loaned items: silver jewellery from Iceland (English)
@@ Property / loaner to: Metropolitan Museum of Art / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): The Sun, 8 March 1897, p 2 (English)
@@ Property / loaner to: Metropolitan Museum of Art / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): List of Donations of Works of Art: During the Year 1896, Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 27 (1896): 682-686 (English)
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+Columbian Exposition
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / loaner to: Columbian Exposition / qualifier @@
+loaned items: antique jewellery and handmade knitted wool hosiery, gloves and other items of clothing from Iceland, displayed in the Women's Building (United States section, Manufactures division) (English)
@@ Property / loaner to: Columbian Exposition / qualifier @@
+location: Women's Building, Columbian Exposition
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@@ Property / loaner to: Columbian Exposition / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): World's Columbian Exposition Official Catalogue (1893) (English)
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+Women's Industries Exhibition
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / spoke at: Women's Industries Exhibition / qualifier @@
+title of paper: unknown value
@@ Property / spoke at: Women's Industries Exhibition / qualifier @@
+note: Magnusson was asked to repeat her lecture twice during the course of the exhibition. (English)
@@ Property / spoke at: Women's Industries Exhibition / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): The New Era (May 1885), p 138 (English)
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+World's Congress of Representative Women
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+Normal rank
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+location: Columbian Exposition
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+title of paper: The Position of Women in Iceland (English)
@@ Property / spoke at: World's Congress of Representative Women / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): Mary Eagle (Ed), The Congress of Women held in the Woman's building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893 with portraits, biographies, and addresses (1894) (English)
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+Berkeley Lyceum
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+Normal rank
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+title of paper: The Home and Social Life of William Morris (English)
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+specific reference information (free text): The New York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1897, p 5 (English)
stated in: periodical
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+Congress of Religions at the Columbian Exposition
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+Normal rank
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+note: Magnusson was noted as a responder at the Lutheran Woman's Congress as part of the Congress of Religions (English)
+location: Columbian Exposition
+specific reference information (free text): J. W. Hanson, The World's Congress of Religions Vol 4 (1894) (English)
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+exhibition
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+location: Royal Archaeological Institute
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+note: The exhibition was titled Icelandic Antiquities (English)
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+specific reference information: The Archaeological Journal
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+exhibition
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@@ Property / organiser of: exhibition / qualifier @@
+of: International Health Exhibition
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+note: Magnusson is listed as winning a prize for the Icelandic exhibitors, showing embroideries and handmade woollens. (English)
@@ Property / organiser of: exhibition / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): The Health Exhibition literature. Reception by H.R.H the Prince of Wales, K.G., of the International Juries. Jury Awards. Official catalogue (1884) (English)
stated in: Exhibition Catalogue
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+Victoria and Albert Museum
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / seller to: Victoria and Albert Museum / qualifier @@
+described at URL: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O370663/box-unknown/
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+Pitt Rivers Museum
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / seller to: Pitt Rivers Museum / qualifier @@
+note: Magnusson sold Icelandic artefacts to Augustus Pitt Rivers that formed part of his collection which is now the Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection (the Second Collection) (English)
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+described at URL: https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/people/867-m.html
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+Vice President
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+Normal rank
@@ Property / held position: Vice President / qualifier @@
+of: World Women's Christian Temperence Union
@@ Property / held position: Vice President / qualifier @@
+note: Magnusson was Vice President of the Iceland branch of the WWCTU (English)
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+specific reference information (free text): World's Women's Christian Temperance Union (pamphlet) (English)
stated in: ephemera
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+human
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+Normal rank
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+Q20559204
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+described at URL: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20559204
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+0000000510863915
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+Normal rank
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+specific reference information (free text): Mary Eagle (Ed), The Congress of Women held in the Woman's building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893 with portraits, biographies, and addresses (1894) (English)
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+Einarsdóttir (English)
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+Normal rank
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+Magnusson (English)
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+Normal rank
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+Council
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+of: World's Congress of Representative Women
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+specific reference information (free text): Representative for Iceland on Foreign Advisory Council (English)
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+specific reference information (free text): Programme of the World's Congress of Representative Women, May 15 to 21, inclusive, 1893 (1893) (English)
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+Suffrage Fair
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+Normal rank
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+note: Magnusson sang an Icelandic song, dressed in Icelandic costume (English)
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+specific reference information (free text): The Woman's Journal 8 Dec 1894 Vol 25 Iss 49, p 388 (English)
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+decorative art
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+Normal rank
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+note: A New York newspaper (The Sun) noted in 1897 that following natural disasters in Iceland, women sent their heirloom jewellery, dating from the 9th to 17th centuries, to Magnusson for sale, and she personally bought many of the pieces she was offered. (English)
@@ Property / was collector of: decorative art / reference @@
+specific reference information (free text): The Sun, 8 March 1897, p 2 (English)
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+Normal rank
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+spouse: Eiríkr Magnússon
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+specific reference information: England and Wales Census
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1913
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+note: not currently on Wikimedia Commons (English)

Latest revision as of 09:16, 29 August 2024

No description defined

Sigríður Einarsdóttir
Mrs Magnusson
Sigridr E. Magnusson
Mrs Ericke Magnussen
Sigride E. Magnusson
Sigrid Magnusson
Mme Magnusson
Madame Sigrid E. Magnusson

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Sigríður Magnusson	No description defined	Sigríður Einarsdóttir Mrs Magnusson Sigridr E. Magnusson Mrs Ericke Magnussen Sigride E. Magnusson Sigrid Magnusson Mme Magnusson Madame Sigrid E. Magnusson

Statements

image

unknown value

described at URL

https://archive.org/details/congressofwomenh00congrich/page/520/mode/2up

note

not currently on Wikimedia Commons (English)

0 references

0 references

0 references

street address (free text)

31 Bateman Street, Cambridge (English)

point in time

1901

1 reference

stated in

Members List

specific reference information

Saga Book of the Viking Society

Reykjavik

street address (free text)

unknown value

note

This is where Magnusson was born. (English)

1 reference

stated in

periodical

specific reference information (free text)

Evening star,11 June 1897, Page 7 [Chronicling America] (English)

Cambridge

street address (free text)

"Sunnyside", 91 Tenison Road, Cambridge (English)

point in time

1906

1 reference

stated in

Members List

specific reference information

Saga Book of the Viking Society

family name at birth

Einarsdóttir (English)

0 references

married name

Magnusson (English)

0 references

was member of

Viking Society

start time

1901

1 reference

specific reference information

Saga Book of the Viking Society

stated in

Members List

International Congress of Women's Works and Institutions

location

Universal Exposition 1889

point in time

1889

note

Magnusson is listed as a member for Denmark and a delagate for schools for girls in Finland (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

Actes du Congrès international des œuvres et institutions féminines (1890) (English)

held position

Vice President

of

World Women's Christian Temperence Union

note

Magnusson was Vice President of the Iceland branch of the WWCTU (English)

start time

1892

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

World's Women's Christian Temperance Union (pamphlet) (English)

World's Congress of Representative Women

specific reference information (free text)

Representative for Iceland on Foreign Advisory Council (English)

point in time

1893

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

Programme of the World's Congress of Representative Women, May 15 to 21, inclusive, 1893 (1893) (English)

spoke at

Women's Industries Exhibition

title of paper

unknown value

note

Magnusson was asked to repeat her lecture twice during the course of the exhibition. (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The New Era (May 1885), p 138 (English)

World's Congress of Representative Women

May 1893^Gregorian

The Position of Women in Iceland (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

Mary Eagle (Ed), The Congress of Women held in the Woman's building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893 with portraits, biographies, and addresses (1894) (English)

Berkeley Lyceum

point in time

21 May 1897^Gregorian

title of paper

The Home and Social Life of William Morris (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The New York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1897, p 5 (English)

stated in

periodical

Congress of Religions at the Columbian Exposition

point in time

1893

note

Magnusson was noted as a responder at the Lutheran Woman's Congress as part of the Congress of Religions (English)

location

Columbian Exposition

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

J. W. Hanson, The World's Congress of Religions Vol 4 (1894) (English)

corresponded with

Royal Archaeological Institute

point in time

6 June 1889^Gregorian

topic

proposed Icelandic Exhibition (English)

note

Magnusson wanted to hire the Institute's rooms for a proposed Icelandic exhibition. The Institue Council agreed, with provisos that she be entirely responsible for transporting and arranging the artefacts, that the Institue did not bear any responsibility for theft or damage (English)

that the Institute did not incur any expenses in relation to the display, and that Magnusson should be responsible for deciding on admission, and that the exhibition should last no more than two weeks. (English)

1 reference

stated in

Royal Archaeological Institute Council Minute Book 1879-1912

specific reference information (free text)

RAI/01/01/003 (English)

1911

Magnusson was one of the named Historical Referees for Scene 4: The Danish Invasion - The Breaking Down of London Bridge. (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

Sophia C Lomas, Festival of empire, Souvenir of the pageant of London (1911) (English)

was collector of

decorative art

note

A New York newspaper (The Sun) noted in 1897 that following natural disasters in Iceland, women sent their heirloom jewellery, dating from the 9th to 17th centuries, to Magnusson for sale, and she personally bought many of the pieces she was offered. (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The Sun, 8 March 1897, p 2 (English)

seller to

Victoria and Albert Museum

described at URL

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O370663/box-unknown/

0 references

Pitt Rivers Museum

note

Magnusson sold Icelandic artefacts to Augustus Pitt Rivers that formed part of his collection which is now the Pitt Rivers Museum founding collection (the Second Collection) (English)

point in time

1889

1 reference

described at URL

https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/rpr/index.php/people/867-m.html

organiser of

exhibition

location

Royal Archaeological Institute

start time

June 1889^Gregorian

end time

July 1889^Gregorian

note

The exhibition was titled Icelandic Antiquities (English)

1 reference

specific reference information

The Archaeological Journal

exhibition

point in time

1884

of

International Health Exhibition

note

Magnusson is listed as winning a prize for the Icelandic exhibitors, showing embroideries and handmade woollens. (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The Health Exhibition literature. Reception by H.R.H the Prince of Wales, K.G., of the International Juries. Jury Awards. Official catalogue (1884) (English)

stated in

Exhibition Catalogue

loaner to

Women's Industries Exhibition

start time

February 1885^Gregorian

loaned items

lace and embroidery from Iceland (English)

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The New Era (May 1885), p 138 (English)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

start time

1896

loaned items

silver jewellery from Iceland (English)

2 references

specific reference information (free text)

The Sun, 8 March 1897, p 2 (English)

specific reference information (free text)

List of Donations of Works of Art: During the Year 1896, Annual Report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 27 (1896): 682-686 (English)

Columbian Exposition

loaned items

antique jewellery and handmade knitted wool hosiery, gloves and other items of clothing from Iceland, displayed in the Women's Building (United States section, Manufactures division) (English)

location

Women's Building, Columbian Exposition

point in time

1893

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

World's Columbian Exposition Official Catalogue (1893) (English)

performed at

Suffrage Fair

note

Magnusson sang an Icelandic song, dressed in Icelandic costume (English)

point in time

3 December 1894^Gregorian

instance of

suffrage activity

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

The Woman's Journal 8 Dec 1894 Vol 25 Iss 49, p 388 (English)

0 references

1831

1 reference

specific reference information (free text)

Mary Eagle (Ed), The Congress of Women held in the Woman's building, World Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893 with portraits, biographies, and addresses (1894) (English)

date of death

1916

0 references

was married in (EDTF value)

unknown value

spouse

Eiríkr Magnússon

1 reference

specific reference information

England and Wales Census

was widowed in

1913