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Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer, 1926. Key was an early advocate of a child-centred approach to motherhood and a suffragist. She maintained that motherhood is so crucial to society that the government, rather than their husbands, should support mothers and their children. These ideas regarding state child support influenced social legislation in several countries. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake, published by the Waverley Book Club (London, 1926).