"We can also mention that Miss Håkansson, who has been with the union since 1921, is a particularly devoted member...[A]t several occasions she has showed an interest for union policies that unfortunately many of her male colleagues lack...Miss Håkansson is...as good a conductor as she is a union member, and therefore we have also found it well motivated to feature her picture and to bestow her with an honorable mention in our publication" ("Greta Håkansson" 336-337). In this 1928 quotation

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... Musikern/The Musician, the periodical for the Swedish Musicians' Union, Greta Håkansson is highlighted as an example to follow.