Luther professor earns an award for her book of Norwegian history

Luther College professor Anna Peterson has received an award
for most innovative article on modern Norwegian history.

Peterson was recognized for writing the best and most innovative contribution to the Norwegian Journal of History for 2015.  She is the first American historian to receive the award.

Peterson's award will be presented to her at 4:00 p.m. next Monday, September 19th, in Qualley Lounge in the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus. The community is invited to attend the reception. Light refreshments will be served.

Her article, "Single Mothers and Midwives Respond to the Castberg Laws, 1916-1940," explores the laws which equalized the rights of children born in and out of wedlock.  Peterson argues that the varied reactions of single mothers and midwives prompted small and large-scale changes that affected the shape of some of Norway's earliest and most ground-breaking social policies.