Luiza Zavloschi (1883-1967)
First woman mayor in Romania. She was a teacher and become a mayor in 1930.
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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.
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).
Elena Romanescu-Alistar (1873-1955)
Physician. As a woman from Bassarabia, she was an activist for the Romanian unity. She studied medicine in Iasi, she founded ‘Liga culturala a femeilor din Basarabia` and was elected MP in `Sfatul Tarii` and voted for the union of Bassarabia with Romania.
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.