Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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The first evidences of Bulgarian female education are from the end of the 18th – early 19th century, when the idea still had no social support. At that time, the girls were trained by nuns in few monasteries. (Anastassia Dimitrova) Only in 1841, in occasion
Born in Stara Zagora. Graduated at Nancy with scholarship (1899). Private practice in Stara Zagora. School doctor at the Female Pedagogic School in Stara Zagora and the First Female School in Sofia. Specialized Pediatric and Internal Deceases in Paris (1911) and Internal Deceases and School
Born in Odessa, in a Jewish family. Graduated in Medicine in Paris (1897). Specialized in Obstetrics. Married a Bulgarian. Doctor in Varna and Shoumen, school doctor in Sofia (1905-1912). Working at the Private Gynecological Clinic of Dr. Paul Strassmann in Berlin (1912-1932). Translator.
Born in Gabrovo. Graduated in Medicine in St. Petersburg as a fellow of the Ministry of Education (1886). Doctor in Ruse, Tarnovo, Varna, and Sofia. Specialized in Internal Diseases and Pediatrics in St. Petersburg (1893) and in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Vienna (1895). Founded midwives’
Born in Rousse in a poor family. She graduated from a female high school in Moscow. She had been working as a high school teacher in the Rousse, Plovdiv and Sofia female high schools. Translator of French and Russian, writer and journalist. Wife of Petko
Daughter of American missionary family in Plovdiv. Graduated preschool pedagogy at the Chicago University, she founded and managed the American kindergarten in Samokov (1898-1900) and Sofia (1900-1932). Established teachers’ courses in Sofia (1929). Elizabeth Clarke with students
Born in the Czech lands, she graduated from a pedagogical school in Prague. Married a Bulgarian, became a teacher in female schools in Karlovo, Kalofer, Pazardjik, Vidin, Samokov, Tarnovo, Stara Zagora, Plovdiv, Varna, and Sofia (1867-1903). She was a member of women’s societies, translator and
Born in Sopot, she studied by nuns at the Sopot Female Monastery. After death of her husband, she had been working as a teacher over 40 years – in Sofia, Samokov, Kyustendil, Ohrid, Prilep, Veles, Thessaloniki, and Rakitovo (1858-1894).
Born in Stara Zagora, she studied at the Kalofer Female Monastery and the Pedagogical High School in Odessa (1857). She founded the first elementary female school in Pleven (1857). Taught in Pleven, Gabrovo, and Stara Zagora, where became a principal of the Female Municipal High
Born in Koprivstitsa, she studied at the primary school in her own village. Graduated at the Female High School in Kiev with scholarship, Kirkovitch had been working in Plovdiv, Pirdop and Koprivstitsa. She was a principal of the First Female High School – Sofia and