Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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Kara-Michailova in Vienna Institute for Radium Research, 1920-s Born in Vienna from Bulgarian father and English mother. Graduated in Physics and Mathematics at the Vienna University with a doctorate (1922). She had been working as an Assistant at the Vienna Institute for Radium Research. In
Born in Sofia from Bulgarian father and German mother. Graduated in Chemistry at the Sofia University (1916). In 1918, with the intercession of her father Prof. Pentcho Raykov, was appointed as his Assistant Professor in Chemistry – as the first female assistant at the Sofia
Born in Tarnovo. In her childhood lived in Romania and Turkey. Graduated from a high school in Romania and journalism in Paris. Correspondent of foreign newspapers. Fluent in French, Romanian, Turkish, Russian, Arabic and Esperanto. Traveled in the Middle and Far East, North Africa, South
Born in Sofia. Daughter of the prominent feminist Elena Radeva. Graduated in pedagogy and philosophy at the Women’s Higher Pedagogical School in Sevre (1929). She had been working as a teacher in French. With her husband, the writer Emil Koralov, founded and edited the children’s
Born in Svishtov from a Bulgarian father and Austrian mother. Graduated from the Rousse Girls’ High School, studied violin and piano at the Academy of Music and Theater Arts in Vienna. Performed concerts in Sofia and Rousse. She had been working as a teacher of
Women’s societies were a consequence of the development of secondary female education and the formation of literate Bulgarian women. The process of their creation was different from the Western European, because in Bulgaria the female education preceded feminism. The first society was founded in town
Born in Stara Zagora. Graduated of the Plovdiv High School of Girls, studied embroidery in Vienna (1890-1891). Housewife to the death of her husband – teacher and from Czech origin. Board member of the Majchina grizha (Mother’s Care) Womens’Society – Plovdiv and a teacher in
Born in Sofia in a wealthy family. His brother was the Sofia mayor Dimitar Hadjikotsev. She studied at the girls’ primary school in Sofia under the guidance of her future husband, Sava Filaretov. She established a Sunday school for older women. During the Russo-Turkish war
Born in Turnu Magurele, Romania, in a Bulgarian clark and a Romanian mother family. Her brothers are the famous painter Nikola Tanev (1890-1962) and the journalist Stefan Tanev, an editor-in-chief of the Utro newspaper. She was married to Yordan Slivopolsky-Piligrim (1884-1969), a writer and journalist.
Born in Bourgas. Graduated from a high school in Sofia and studied piano and literature in Vienna and Brussels. There graduated home courses too. She published stories and travelogues in the press, translates novels, stories and memoirs from German, French and Russian. Author of cooking