Women and the Transfer of Knowledge in the Black Sea Region
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Lidia Stoyanova (1901–1988) was born in the town of Lovetch in the family of the professor in surgery Paraskev Stoyanov and the midwife Nina Leyn. Lidia Stoyanova was one of the pioneers of the education of mentally retarded children in the 1920es in Bulgaria and
She was born on 1934 in the town of Crichim, Plovdiv district. She graduated Turkish Philology from Sofia University (it was the first course in this specialty whose alumni graduated in 1956, among them H. Memova) and then Bulgarian Philology. At first she worked at
The Bulgarian scientific societies, created by men, worked up to the 1920-1930s as a fully “male space”. The acceptance of women in them began after the World War I and was most active in the 1920s. There was a trend for easier entry of women
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
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
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