Unearthing the buried WW1 story of the courageous women who led the Swedish Hunger Uprisings in 1917

In 1917, impacted by the First World War raging in Europe, neutral Sweden faced widespread hunger uprisings. These uprisings, initiated by women, eventually led to the country's democratic breakthrough. Unfortunately, the full story of these events is virtually unknown to both Swedish and international audiences, as ordinary women’s voices are seldom heard in historical accounts. To uncover the hidden history, the project Co-I, along with a film photographer, embarked on a journey in 2019 to document the events and gather primary-source research, oral-history interviews, and film footage. The aim of this project is to create a documentary film that will serve as a free online educational resource to provide more and accurately representative information than what is currently available in Swedish school history books.