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io6 Ellen Key
the summer of 1895, Ellen Key's brother and
his wife entrusted their children to her care
during their absence. Now she actually ex-
perienced how impossible it is to combine the
duties of home with other work, an opinion
she had earlier expressed but now found prac-
tically proven. Her thoughts on this question,
strengthened by the summer's experiences,
she expressed in a lecture entitled " Miss-
brukad Kvinnokraft," ("Woman's Energies
Misdirected " ) . The lecture was received with
great acclaim in Copenhagen, but aroused
much resentment in Stockholm and Gothen-
burg, when given there later. She was severely
criticised by the suffragists, who went so far
as to make offensive insinuations as to her
character. Among other imputations flung
in her face, she was told that by prating of
sex, love, and marriage she had shown herself
to be an immoral and dangerous person. This
judgment is repeated even to this day. In
regard to the tone which certain of the critics
allowed themselves, we may well agree with
the Finnish reviewer who could not help
thinking that it would have caused amazement
in other countries. Abroad, one has long been
accustomed to have women deal with these
subjects, but in Sweden one was shocked that
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