1. The Women’s History Archives were established in the home of Anna Sigurðardóttir on the 4th floor of Hjarðarhagi 26. It remained there for 20 years, before moving to Þjóðarbókhlaðan where it is still located today.
2. Anna Sigurðardóttir (1908–1996) was one of the founders of The Women’s History Archives.
3. The Women’s Conference of 1975 was held in Hótel Loftleiðir in June of that year. During the conference, it was decided that the first women’s strike would be held on October 24th, 1975.
4. Kvennalistinn was an all-women political party that was active from 1983 to 1999.
5. The Women’s History Archives are now based within the National and University Library of Iceland in Þjóðarbókhlaðan.
6. Valgerður Jónsdóttir biskupsfrú (1771–1856) owned the manuscripts on which the Manuscript Collection of the National and University Library of Iceland is based.
7. The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies is located in Edda.
8. Björg C. Þorláksson (1874–1934) was a lexicographer and the first Icelandic woman to complete a doctorate, in 1926.
9. Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863–1924) was a founder of the Icelandic Women’s Society (1894) and the White Ribbon Association in Iceland (1895). She was the first Icelandic woman to have her autobiography published. Ólafía advocated for the founding of the University of Iceland.
10. Kristín Ólafsdóttir (1889–1971) and Katrín Thoroddsen (1896–1970) were the first women to graduate as doctors from the University of Iceland.
11. The University of Iceland was established in 1911.
12. Sigríður Zoëga (1889–1968) was a pioneering photographer.
13. The National Museum and the National Photography and Print Collection.
14. Sigrún Eldjárn (b. 1954) is an artist and children’s book author who lived in the National Museum as a child.
15. Selma Jónsdóttir (1917–1987) was the first woman to receive a doctorate from the University of Iceland. She also served as the first director of the National Gallery of Iceland from 1950 to 1987.
16. Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir (1856–1940) was among the founders of the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association and its chairman for two decades. Her daughter, Laufey Valdimarsdóttir (1890–1945), succeeded her in 1927.
17. The Red Stockings movement (Rauðsokkahreyfingin) was founded in the Nordic House in 1970.
18. The Nordic House.
19. Auður Auðuns (1911–1999) was the first woman to graduate as a lawyer in Iceland, to become mayor of Reykjavík, and to serve as a government minister in Iceland.
20. Ingibjörg Guðbrandsdóttir (1878–1929), known as Imba Brands, was a gymnastics and swimming instructor and one of the first women to travel around Reykjavik by bicycle.
21. Veröld – the house of Vigdís.
22. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (b. 1930) was the first woman in the world to be democratically elected president, in 1980.
23. Loftskeytastöðin – Cultural Centre.
