Gulli Petrini – The fight for womens right to vote : Wexiobladet and Smalandspostens reports about Gulli Petrini, the fighter for womens rights.

This study is about Gulli Petrini, the woman who were a pioneer in womens rights during the beginning of the 20th century, and the way that the local newspapers Wexiobladet and Smalandsposten portrayed her during her time in Vaxjo city council and Vaxjo economical chambers between 1910 and 1914. The study is based on different types of gender based theories wich i will discuss in collaboration with my result from the two newspapers aswell as the two protocols from Vaxjo city council an Vaxjo economical chambers. In the beginning of the 20th century the swedish society were very influenced by divided gender-roles. The expectations of being a woman versus being a man were strongly established so when Gulli Petrini became the first woman who got selected into Vaxjo city council, and two years later Vaxjo economical chambers, it was a bit of a sensation. During her time in her role as a local politician and as a women with strong and firm opinions she rocked the symbolical political boat. Gulli Petrini turned out to be one of many strong-minded women who helped the woman community to achieve the common goal wich was getting the right to vote in 1919.