Emmy Christine Evald née Carlsson (18 September 1857,

Geneva, Illinois Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the far western side of the Chicago suburbs. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 21,393. Geneva is part of a Tri-Ci ...

— 10 December 1946,

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

) was a Swedish-American

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...

, teacher and

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideology, ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social gender equality, equality of the sexes. Feminism holds the position that modern soci ...

. Educated in both Sweden and the United States, she is remembered as a founding member and president of the Augustana Women's Missionary Society, established in

Lindsborg, Kansas Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 3,776. Lindsborg is known for its large Swedes, Swedish, other Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, Nordic and Sc ...

, in 1892. Evald was also president of the Lutheran Woman's International League and was housemistress for the Lutheran Home for Women in New York City where she spent her final years.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evald, Emmy 1857 births 1946 deaths People from Geneva, Illinois American people of Swedish descent American Lutherans 20th-century American educators 20th-century American women educators American editors American women editors