Adela Xenopol (1861-1939)
Feminist. She studied in France at Sorbonne and Collège de France. She founded the feminist journal Dochia, and run several other feminist journals as Romanca and Viitorul româncelor.
Tag: Romania XX Feminism
Tereza Strătilescu (1862-1931)
Publicist, feminist. She studied in Iasi and London. In Iasi she worked as a teacher. She founded `Unirea educatoarelor romane` in Iasi (1909-1916).
Eugenia Reuss-Ianculescu (1865/1866-1938)
Feminist, writer. She founded ‘Liga drepturilor si datoriilor femeilor’ in Iasi in 1911. Member of the Central committee of the International Women Suffrage Alliance.
Emilia Puhallo-Lungu (1853-1932)
Romanian journalist and feminist. She founded in 1872, the first feminist association in Banat, in Timisoara, `Reuniunea doamnelor`.
Ella Negruzzi (1876-1948)
First woman lawyer in Romania, feminist. She studied at the University of Iasi. She was elected councilor in Iasi’s City Council in 1929. She founded the society ‘Emanciparea femeii` and in 1936 `Frontul feminin`.
Emilia Maiorescu (Humpel) (1838-1918)
She was a translator and romanian feminist. She studied in Bucharest, Brasov and Vienna.
Constanța Dunca-Schiau (1843-1924)
Writer and activist for women rights. Studied in Vienna and Paris. She got involved in the organization of the Romanian educational system. She wrote poems, novels, but also literary critique.
Alexandrina Cantacuzino (1876-1944)
Romanian women activist. Studied in France. She created ‘Societatea ortodoxa nationala a femeilor` (1918-1938), but also some other feminist associations.
Elena Buznea-Meissner (1867-1940)
Romanian women activist. She studied literature at the University of Iasi.
Maria Buțureanu (1870-1919)
Romanian activist for women rights, journalist. She graduated from sociology. She also studied in Lausanne, Berlin, Venice, Brussels. She published in several magazines on women issues.