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Activitatea Grupării
written by Romanian Women’s Association, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 59, files 13-14) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
Title: ‘The Activity of the Association.’ Description: Typed report, without year (probably from the end of 1930 – beginning of 1931) on the activities of the Romanian Women’s Association in promoting women candidates for local councilor positions during the 1930 local elections, organizing study circles f...
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written by Romanian Women’s Association, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 59, files 13-14) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
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Title: ‘The Activity of the Association.’ Description: Typed report, without year (probably from the end of 1930 – beginning of 1931) on the activities of the Romanian Women’s Association in promoting women candidates for local councilor positions during the 1930 local elections, organizing study circles for women on administrative and urban issues, and other meetings. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, local elections, study circles, fem...
Title: ‘The Activity of the Association.’ Description: Typed report, without year (probably from the end of 1930 – beginning of 1931) on the activities of the Romanian Women’s Association in promoting women candidates for local councilor positions during the 1930 local elections, organizing study circles for women on administrative and urban issues, and other meetings. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, local elections, study circles, feminism, local suffrage, vote, Romanian Women’s Association
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Romanian Women’s Association
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Equal Rights for Women, Social and Cultural Rights, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Adunarea Generală a Asociației pe anul 1936
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI35, files 112-124) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (29 March 1937) , 13 page(s)
Title: The General Meeting of the Association for the Year 1936. Description: Manuscript of report of the activity of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) for the year 1936, presented by Elena Meissner, the leader of the organization, at the AECPFR Congress from March...
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written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI35, files 112-124) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (29 March 1937) , 13 page(s)
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Title: The General Meeting of the Association for the Year 1936. Description: Manuscript of report of the activity of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) for the year 1936, presented by Elena Meissner, the leader of the organization, at the AECPFR Congress from March 29, 1937. The document is important in that it gives a better idea on the structure of the organization after almost 20 years of activ...
Title: The General Meeting of the Association for the Year 1936. Description: Manuscript of report of the activity of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) for the year 1936, presented by Elena Meissner, the leader of the organization, at the AECPFR Congress from March 29, 1937. The document is important in that it gives a better idea on the structure of the organization after almost 20 years of activity. Also, it does testify once again the integralist approach of these feminists towards the achievement of full civil and political rights for women although the hostile political environment did not bear the promise of the achievement of these rights any sooner. The report contains also information on the issues discussed at the meetings of the organization – the document provides short accounts of the main speeches held at the meetings of the organization. Keywords: Feminism, politics, women’s emancipation, political rights, civil rights, structure, Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
29 March 1937, 1937
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Elena Meissner, 1867-1940
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, Suffrage, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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written by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 11-12) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1920) , 2 page(s)
Title: Appeal. Description: Manuscript of an appeal of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to Romanian politicians, from 1920 when the new constitution was under discussion. In the appeal, AECPFR brought arguments in support of women’s entitlement to full civil and...
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written by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 11-12) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1920) , 2 page(s)
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Title: Appeal. Description: Manuscript of an appeal of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to Romanian politicians, from 1920 when the new constitution was under discussion. In the appeal, AECPFR brought arguments in support of women’s entitlement to full civil and political rights and pointed to the legal injustice of overlooking these rights while women possessed the same qualifications that ent...
Title: Appeal. Description: Manuscript of an appeal of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to Romanian politicians, from 1920 when the new constitution was under discussion. In the appeal, AECPFR brought arguments in support of women’s entitlement to full civil and political rights and pointed to the legal injustice of overlooking these rights while women possessed the same qualifications that entitled men at the universal male suffrage. The arguments in behalf of granting women political and civil rights were very diverse and meant to convince politicians to offer their support in including them in the new constitution. Keywords: Feminism, civil rights, political rights, Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1920
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Congresul Asoc. p.e.c. și p a f.r. Extras din procesul verbal din 21 Mai 1932 cu ocazia întrunirei delegatelor filialelor Asoc. p.e.c. și...
written by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI22 vol. 1, file 138) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (21 May 1932) , 2 page(s)
Title: The Congress of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[omanian] W[omen]. Extracts from the Report of May 21st , 1932 [written] on the Occasion of the Meeting of the Delegates of the Local Branches of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[oma...
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written by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI22 vol. 1, file 138) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (21 May 1932) , 2 page(s)
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Title: The Congress of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[omanian] W[omen]. Extracts from the Report of May 21st , 1932 [written] on the Occasion of the Meeting of the Delegates of the Local Branches of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[omanian] W[omen] for the Modification of Statutes. Description: Manuscript of extracts of a report on the discussions held at a meeting in...
Title: The Congress of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[omanian] W[omen]. Extracts from the Report of May 21st , 1932 [written] on the Occasion of the Meeting of the Delegates of the Local Branches of the Assoc[iation] f[or] the C[ivil] and P[olitical] E[mancipation] of R[omanian] W[omen] for the Modification of Statutes. Description: Manuscript of extracts of a report on the discussions held at a meeting in Iași on the modification of the statutes of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) on May 21st, 1932. The document gives an indication on the degree to which the conflict over women’s enrollment in political parties divided not only the Romanian women’s movement but also the members of feminist organizations such as AECPFR. In the 1930s, when women obtained the right to vote and be elected in municipal councils, the composition and organization of AECPFR was threatened more than ever by intra-organizational conflicts on the issue of women’s involvement with politics. These conflicts were fueled by the contradiction between the politically non-partisan position embraced by Elena Meissner and other important members of AECPFR and the decision of other members of AECPFR to join political parties. The decision of the women belonging to the latter group resulted sometimes in their withdrawal from the organization or in the estrangement of members who did not share their political beliefs. Moreover, because of these conflicts, other women became much more reluctant to become involved with an association undertaking an open campaign for women’s political rights and which was now, more than before, under the critical and often ironic public scrutiny for aiming to involve women in politics. Keywords: Elena Meissner, feminism, Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, political rights, politics, local suffrage
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
21 May 1932, 1932
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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‘Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines. Section de la législation,’ _Bulletin du Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines_
written by Ella Negruzzi, 1876-1949, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, file 2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
Title: ‘The National Council of Romanian Women. The Law Committee’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Report published by the Law Committee of National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, national organization of the Romanian women’s movement, affiliated with the Internati...
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written by Ella Negruzzi, 1876-1949, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, file 2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
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Title: ‘The National Council of Romanian Women. The Law Committee’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Report published by the Law Committee of National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, national organization of the Romanian women’s movement, affiliated with the International Council of Women (ICW)) on its activity up to 1930 dedicated to changing women’s legal status in the Civil Code. It gives an acc...
Title: ‘The National Council of Romanian Women. The Law Committee’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Report published by the Law Committee of National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, national organization of the Romanian women’s movement, affiliated with the International Council of Women (ICW)) on its activity up to 1930 dedicated to changing women’s legal status in the Civil Code. It gives an account of the suggestions made by CNFR for the modification of women’s civil status to the legislative council of the Romanian parliament. Keywords: National council, civil rights, Civil Code
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Ella Negruzzi, 1876-1949
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cuvântare ținută la Constanța în ziua de 14 mai a.c.
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 183, files 112-131) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1933) , 20 page(s)
Title: Speech Held at Constanța on May 14 This Year. Description: Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s speech at a Romanian Women’s Association meeting held on May 14 [?1933] in which the leader of the organization exposed her ideas on a “new politics” of women that would be more efficient than other feminist strate...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 183, files 112-131) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1933) , 20 page(s)
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Title: Speech Held at Constanța on May 14 This Year. Description: Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s speech at a Romanian Women’s Association meeting held on May 14 [?1933] in which the leader of the organization exposed her ideas on a “new politics” of women that would be more efficient than other feminist strategies in the achievement of women’s emancipation. This “new politics” of women, characterized by a refusal to enter political part...
Title: Speech Held at Constanța on May 14 This Year. Description: Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s speech at a Romanian Women’s Association meeting held on May 14 [?1933] in which the leader of the organization exposed her ideas on a “new politics” of women that would be more efficient than other feminist strategies in the achievement of women’s emancipation. This “new politics” of women, characterized by a refusal to enter political parties’ structures, political non-partisanship, female solidarity and sacrifice for the public service, was to emerge in opposition to men’s politics, harshly criticized for going against the public interest and cultivating a destructive competition. The argumentation for women’s rights was based on ideas of women’s superior morality, altruism and dedication to the public good, strengthened by a rhetoric that promoted the image of a Romanian society caught in deep moral, economic, political and institutional crises. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, political rights, politics, Romanian Women’s Association
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1933
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cuvântarea d-nei Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino la adunarea generală a Consiliului Național al Femeilor Române, București, 13 Decembrie 1936
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 222, files 1-17) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1933) , 17 page(s)
Title: The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino at the General Meeting of the National Council of Romanian Women, Bucharest, December 13, 1936. Description: Speech of Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the National Council of Romanian Women, at the 1936 general meeting of the organization. At that time, the...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 222, files 1-17) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1933) , 17 page(s)
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Title: The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino at the General Meeting of the National Council of Romanian Women, Bucharest, December 13, 1936. Description: Speech of Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the National Council of Romanian Women, at the 1936 general meeting of the organization. At that time, the aim of the suffragist campaign was to obtain full political rights for women, after the achievement of local political rights for cert...
Title: The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino at the General Meeting of the National Council of Romanian Women, Bucharest, December 13, 1936. Description: Speech of Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the National Council of Romanian Women, at the 1936 general meeting of the organization. At that time, the aim of the suffragist campaign was to obtain full political rights for women, after the achievement of local political rights for certain categories of women in 1929. But in this speech, Cantacuzino declared that she was informed “by an important politician” that women had no chances to obtain full political rights. They could be offered only the right to vote for the Parliament. The speech offers also details, among others, about Cantacuzino’s participation to the 1936 Dubrovnik Congress of the International Council of Women (ICW) and mentions her trip, as a member of ICW’s executive board, to Calcutta where she attended the Indian National Council of Women’s conference of the same year. Keywords: National Council of Romanian Women, Alexandrina Cantacuzino, suffrage, politics, internationalism, women’s rights, ICW
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Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1933
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Cuvântarea Doamnei Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino asupra subiectului 'Femeile și Noua Constituție românească,' Congresul Grupării Femeilo...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 254, files 1-4) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) , 4 page(s)
Title: The Congress of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, November 12.13.14, 1938. The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino on the Topic ‘Women and the New Romanian Constitution.’ Description: Speech held by Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino, leader of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, N...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 254, files 1-4) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) , 4 page(s)
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Title: The Congress of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, November 12.13.14, 1938. The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino on the Topic ‘Women and the New Romanian Constitution.’ Description: Speech held by Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino, leader of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, November 12.13.14, 1938. At that time, certain categories of women obtained partial political rights, and the inclusion in the new const...
Title: The Congress of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, November 12.13.14, 1938. The Speech of Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino on the Topic ‘Women and the New Romanian Constitution.’ Description: Speech held by Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino, leader of the Romanian Women’s Association in Brasov, November 12.13.14, 1938. At that time, certain categories of women obtained partial political rights, and the inclusion in the new constitution of this restrictive and incomplete version of women’s political rights was received with great joy and celebrated with fast. In this speech, Cantacuzino’s argumentation was directed towards increasing women’s public role (she decries the elaboration of a social work law without the consultation of women’s organizations) and the recognition of women’s legitimacy to weight upon the transformation of political and state life from their positions as mothers. Also, in this speech Cantacuzino’s “internationalist” image is rather paradoxical if we take into the account the context in which the speech was delivered. In that period, the Romanian Women’s Association under Cantacuzino’s leadership became very adamant in promoting and demanding ethnic discriminatory measures using eugenic and economic arguments. In these conditions, it is difficult to understand how in this period Cantacuzino could play both the roles of “internationalist” seeking connections with minority women and fervent “nationalist” committed to exclusionary politics at the same time. This unless one does not take into account the fact that for Cantacuzino this “internationalism” was first of all another way of bringing a contribution to the building of the Romanian nation-state. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, political rights, Romanian Women’s Association, minority rights, social work
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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De ce n-am candidat?
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI59, files 1-4) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 4 page(s)
Title: Why I Didn’t Candidate? Description: Manuscript of a draft of an article written by Elena Meissner in 1930, containing the official explanation of her refuse to candidate for the local elections of 1929 when a category of women could, for the first time, exercise local political rights. Meissner argued...
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written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI59, files 1-4) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 4 page(s)
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Title: Why I Didn’t Candidate? Description: Manuscript of a draft of an article written by Elena Meissner in 1930, containing the official explanation of her refuse to candidate for the local elections of 1929 when a category of women could, for the first time, exercise local political rights. Meissner argued that the political rights should not be seen as a scope but as a means towards the accomplishment of women’s emancipation and that wo...
Title: Why I Didn’t Candidate? Description: Manuscript of a draft of an article written by Elena Meissner in 1930, containing the official explanation of her refuse to candidate for the local elections of 1929 when a category of women could, for the first time, exercise local political rights. Meissner argued that the political rights should not be seen as a scope but as a means towards the accomplishment of women’s emancipation and that women should further fight for the achievement of full political rights. She showed her doubts towards the type of political education that women could acquire through enrolment in the political parties and argued that only the feminist associations, which were not supporting party politics, could give a comprehensive and non-partisan training for women in political issues, and, could offer a better view of the diversity of political problems existing in Romania at the time. Keywords: Feminism, politics, political rights, elections, political party, Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
News story
Author / Creator
Elena Meissner, 1867-1940
Person Discussed
Elena Meissner, 1867-1940
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Political and Human Rights, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Interview with Princess Cantacuzene
in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 50-52) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 3 page(s)
Description: Manuscript of an interview with Princess Cantacuzino, probably from 1931, during which she provides arguments for her support for Nicolaie Iorga‘s government. The government was formed with the intention to be a government of “national union” that would not represent the interests of political p...
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in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 50-52) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 3 page(s)
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Description: Manuscript of an interview with Princess Cantacuzino, probably from 1931, during which she provides arguments for her support for Nicolaie Iorga‘s government. The government was formed with the intention to be a government of “national union” that would not represent the interests of political parties but would cultivate political unity in working for the national interests. In the 1931 local elections, the Romanian Women’s A...
Description: Manuscript of an interview with Princess Cantacuzino, probably from 1931, during which she provides arguments for her support for Nicolaie Iorga‘s government. The government was formed with the intention to be a government of “national union” that would not represent the interests of political parties but would cultivate political unity in working for the national interests. In the 1931 local elections, the Romanian Women’s Association, under Cantacuzino’s leadership, although based its demands for local suffrage on political non-partisanship, began to support more openly Nicolaie Iorga’s party forming the government. This support came not only from political calculation but also from Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s affinity to the cultural nationalism promoted by Nicolaie Iorga, dating from an earlier period, and from her conviction that this government represented an alternative to “politicianism”. The document is a testimony, among many others, of the ways in which feminism was intertwined with nationalism in the ideology promoted by the “nationalist reformist” camp of the women’s movement formed in the 1920s under the influence of Alexandrina Cantacuzino. Keywords: Alexandrina, Cantacuzino, feminism, nationalism, nation, Iorga, politics
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1931
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Interview
Person Discussed
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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