Download or read book Alva Myrdal written by Sissela Bok and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1992-09-21 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alva Myrdal (1902-1986), diplomat, feminist, and one of the founders of the Swedish welfare state, exemplifies in her extraordinary life the joys, the sorrows, and the achievements of women in our time. Her daughter shows us with unflinching candor how Myrdal struggled to attain in her private life the freedom and opportunity which she won for millions of other women.