Icelandic women work more on the average than
other women in Europe. Still they have more
children, are very longölived and, according to
an internationnal survey, live in a country that
is a total paradise for women The book gives a
brief history of Icelandic women and descripes
their lifestyle from the days of the settlement
to modern times. In lively text and pictures
where moments of daily life are captured, the
authors depict the uniqueness and independence
of women who have had to put up with various
conditions for centuries on the cold island.
this is the fifth book that journalist Snæfríður
Ingadóttir and photographer Þorvaldur Örn
Kristmundsson have done togethter. Their
previous books include a aseries on unusual
exciting things in Iceland under the theme 50
crazy things in Iceland