Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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Feminist, journalist, and translator. Graduated from French literature with a doctorate in Lausanne (1919). Worked as an editor at the Bulgarian Department of Printing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1928), an press attache at the American Legation (1938-1942), an employee at the Bulgarian Bibliographic
Right after the founding of the Bulgarian Women’s Union, its representatives established relations with international feminist organizations. On behalf of the Union, Jenny Bojilova-Patewa and Irina Sokerova took part in the congresses of the International Alliance of Women and the International Council of Women resp.
Born in Varna. Daughter of one of the first Bulgarian teachers with secondary education from Russia. Graduated from high school in Sofia and history in St. Petersburg. Long-time secondary school teacher in Shoumen and Sofia. Assistant professor at the l’Ecole des langues orientales vivantes in
The Bulgarian Association of University Women was founded in 1924. The members were women from several generations, who associated feminism with various concepts – predominantly liberal. Since 1925 the BAUW became a member of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW). It was headed by
A feminist, critic, journalist, translator, and writer. Ukrainian by origin, born in the family of Prof. Mihailo Dragomanov. Graduated in Music and French Literature in Geneva. Wife of Prof. Ivan Chichmanoff – Minister of Education, professor, founder of many cultural institutions. Since 1889 in Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Women’s Union was founded in 1901 as a union of 27 local women’s organizations with the task of working for the intellectual and spiritual rise of the Bulgarian women. The Union worked for the equality of Bulgarian women in three directions – to
Scientist, microbiologist-bacteriologist. Graduated in Medicine at the Bern University. Assistant Professor at the Institute of Bacteriology and Serology at the Faculty of Medicine at the Sofia University (1923-1950). Associate Professor and Professor at the Medical Academy in Sofia. Studied bacterial flora of yogurt and etiology
Scientist, zoologist. Graduated in Natural History at the Sofia University (1921). Specialized at the Pasteur Institute in Paris (1924), the Fermentation Institute in Berlin (1925-1926), the Zoological Institute at the Greifswalde University (1926), in Berlin (1940, 1958), the Würzburg University (1942-1947). Doctor of Natural Sciences
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 Lovetch. Began her studies in Grenoble and graduated in Biology at the Sofia University (1916). Defended a doctorate in Zoology at the Institute for Higher Agricultural Studies in the Sorbonne (1925). There Lechtova worked as an Assistant Professor (1925-1932), discovered a new species