Maria Sandel

Maria Gustafva Albertina Sandel (1870–1927) was a Swedish textile worker, writer, feminist, and social critic.

Her mother, Maria Charlotta Killander, was a seamtress, and her father, Carl Gustaf Sandell, a domestic worker.

During her four-year stay in the US, she learnt English, German, and French, enabling her to read literary works written in these languages.

[5] She joined Stockholms Allmänna Kvinnoklubb (Public Women's Club) as a member, and began writing short stories and poems on workers' movement.

Recurring themes included suffrage, exploitation and oppression of women, poor working conditions that they faced, illegal abortions, prostitution, alcoholism, and unmarried mothers, among others.