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"We greet the future with joy"

    "We greet the future with joy"



    On Saturday, May 16, 2015, an exhibition will be opened at the National Library to mark the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage. A website about the history of suffrage, konurogstjornmal.is, will also be opened, and is accessible to all. The title of the exhibition, "We greet the future with joy" is a quote from Bríetar Bjarnhéðinsdóttir's speech on July 7, 1915, when the right to vote was celebrated for the first time at Austurvöllur. The project is funded by the Executive Committee for the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage and is a collaboration between the National Library of Iceland - University Library, the National Archives of Iceland, the Alþingi, RÚV and the Research Institute for Gender Equality Studies at the University of Iceland.