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![Bulletin du Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines, Commission de la Presse, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007971xxx/1007971703/1007971703-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Bulletin du Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines, Commission de la Presse, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]")
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Bulletin du Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines, Commission de la Presse, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]
written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 140, files 1-2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
Title: Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women, Press Commission, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]. Description: Portraits of some of the most important leaders of the Romanian women’s movement in the interwar period. The National Council of Romanian Women was established in 1921 as an umbrella organization of the...
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written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 140, files 1-2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 2 page(s)
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Title: Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women, Press Commission, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]. Description: Portraits of some of the most important leaders of the Romanian women’s movement in the interwar period. The National Council of Romanian Women was established in 1921 as an umbrella organization of the Romanian women’s movement and as national council for Romania within ICW whose organizational structure it imitated. The president w...
Title: Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women, Press Commission, 1930-1934 [Excerpt]. Description: Portraits of some of the most important leaders of the Romanian women’s movement in the interwar period. The National Council of Romanian Women was established in 1921 as an umbrella organization of the Romanian women’s movement and as national council for Romania within ICW whose organizational structure it imitated. The president was Princess Alexandrina Cantacuzino who in 1925, after the ICW Washington Congress, was appointed vice-president of ICW. Keywords: National Council of Romanian Women, leaders
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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
Photograph
Author / Creator
National Council of Romanian Women
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Calypso Botez to Elena Meissner, March 14, 1934
written by Calypso Botez, 1880-1933, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI57, files 37-38) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (14 March 1934) , 4 page(s)
Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solida...
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written by Calypso Botez, 1880-1933, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI57, files 37-38) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (14 March 1934) , 4 page(s)
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Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solidaritatea, president of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, 1921 – 1930) and the first woman to hold a position in the Perman...
Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solidaritatea, president of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, 1921 – 1930) and the first woman to hold a position in the Permanent Council of the Minister of Public Instruction. Starting with 1929, when partial political rights were granted to women, she supported the National Peasant Party (PNȚ) as the only party that promised firmly to support women’s enfranchisement in local elections. This letter tells the story of how enrolment or support of diverse political parties caused rifts between members of the feminist organizations. In 1934 a conflict between Calypso Botez and Elena Dimitriu Castană, the leader of the Constanța section of AECPFR, began due to their different political options (the latter was a member of the National Liberal Party). Botez tells Meissner in this letter how this conflict became public in that there were articles published in newspapers, articles in which the activity of Bucharest female councilors was deprecated. Keywords: Feminism, politics, political rights, 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
14 March 1934, 1934
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Calypso Botez, 1880-1933
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Calypso Botez to Elena Meissner, March 21, 1934
written by Calypso Botez, 1880-1933, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI57, files 13-14) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (21 March 1934) , 4 page(s)
Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solida...
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written by Calypso Botez, 1880-1933, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI57, files 13-14) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (21 March 1934) , 4 page(s)
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Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solidaritatea, president of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, 1921 – 1930) and the first woman to hold a position in the Perman...
Description: Letter from Calipso Botez to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), written on March 21, 1934. Calypso Botez was an important feminist figure of the interwar Romania, founding member of the feminist organizations AECPFR and Solidaritatea, president of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR, 1921 – 1930) and the first woman to hold a position in the Permanent Council of the Minister of Public Instruction. Starting with 1929, when partial political rights were granted to women, she supported the National Peasant Party (PNȚ) as the only party that promised firmly to support women’s enfranchisement in local elections. This letter tells the story of how enrolment or support of diverse political parties caused rifts between members of the feminist organizations. In 1934 a conflict between Calypso Botez and Elena Dimitriu Castană, the leader of the Constanța section of AECPFR, began due to their different political options (the latter was a member of the National Liberal Party). Botez asked Meissner in this letter to exclude Castană from the organization under the accusation of “slandering the work of peasantist women”. Keywords: Feminism, politics, political rights, 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
21 March 1934, 1934
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Calypso Botez, 1880-1933
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Ce zic femeile?
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI32, files 56 - 57) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 2 page(s)
Title: What women say? Description: Manuscript of an article written by Elena Meissner, later to be published in the widespread newspaper Adevărul in February (?) 1931. The article debates the shortcomings of winning partial political rights for women and argues passionately for the achievement of full politica...
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written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI32, files 56 - 57) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 2 page(s)
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Title: What women say? Description: Manuscript of an article written by Elena Meissner, later to be published in the widespread newspaper Adevărul in February (?) 1931. The article debates the shortcomings of winning partial political rights for women and argues passionately for the achievement of full political rights for women: “We won’t achieve anything from our program, none of our revendications, we won’t achieve the right to all wo...
Title: What women say? Description: Manuscript of an article written by Elena Meissner, later to be published in the widespread newspaper Adevărul in February (?) 1931. The article debates the shortcomings of winning partial political rights for women and argues passionately for the achievement of full political rights for women: “We won’t achieve anything from our program, none of our revendications, we won’t achieve the right to all works according to competencies, we won’t reform anything, we will not bring the slightest change, no matter how useful for the general interest, unless we will have the right to vote.” Keywords: Feminism, politics, political rights, women’s emancipation, 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
1931
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
News story
Author / Creator
Elena Meissner, 1867-1940
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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‘Les conditions de la vie féminine rurale en Roumanie. Mesures propres pour l’améliorer’, _Bulletin du Conseil National des Femmes R...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, files 4-5) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 4 page(s)
Title: ‘The Conditions of Rural Women’s Life in Romania. Proper Improvement Measures’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Detailed report on the condition of rural women’s life and on the efforts deployed by feminist organizations in improvement the condition of rural w...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, files 4-5) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 4 page(s)
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Title: ‘The Conditions of Rural Women’s Life in Romania. Proper Improvement Measures’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Detailed report on the condition of rural women’s life and on the efforts deployed by feminist organizations in improvement the condition of rural women. These efforts were mainly directed towards the establishment of adult schools and horticultural schools for women in the countrys...
Title: ‘The Conditions of Rural Women’s Life in Romania. Proper Improvement Measures’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: Detailed report on the condition of rural women’s life and on the efforts deployed by feminist organizations in improvement the condition of rural women. These efforts were mainly directed towards the establishment of adult schools and horticultural schools for women in the countryside. The education of rural women in that period suffered greatly for lack of schools and/or of traditionalist mentalities that prevented women’s access to education. It was also argued that horticulture was profession that almost disappeared in the period and, therefore, the revival of this professional field could offer peasant women a way of undertaking an occupation that could bring in a substantial income. Keywords: National council, women’s emancipation, rural women, schools
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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
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Women and Education, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, 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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Congrés Feministe a Iassy (Roumanie). Anniversaire de 15 ans d’activité de l’association des femmes, Iunie1932
in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder folder XI22 vol. 1, files 120-121) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1932) , 2 page(s)
Title: Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania). Celebrating the Women Association’s 15 Years of Activity. Description: Manuscript of an article, later to published in Jus Suffragii (July 1932): 128, under the title ‘Congrés Feministe a Iassy (Roumanie)’ (‘Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania)’). The article...
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in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder folder XI22 vol. 1, files 120-121) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1932) , 2 page(s)
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Title: Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania). Celebrating the Women Association’s 15 Years of Activity. Description: Manuscript of an article, later to published in Jus Suffragii (July 1932): 128, under the title ‘Congrés Feministe a Iassy (Roumanie)’ (‘Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania)’). The article is dedicated to the celebration of the 15 years of feminist activity deployed by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipat...
Title: Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania). Celebrating the Women Association’s 15 Years of Activity. Description: Manuscript of an article, later to published in Jus Suffragii (July 1932): 128, under the title ‘Congrés Feministe a Iassy (Roumanie)’ (‘Feminist Congress at Iassy (Romania)’). The article is dedicated to the celebration of the 15 years of feminist activity deployed by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women. It contains a brief history of the organization and its importance resides in that it provides precious information on the organizational evolution not only of the Association but also of the National Council of Romanian Women that represented the Romanian women’s movement at the International Council of Women. Keywords: Feminism, Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, International Council of Women
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1932
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Essay
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Conseil National des Femmes Roumaines: Response au questionnaire de la Section du Suffrage
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 433, files 70-71) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1938) , 3 page(s)
Title: The National Council of Romanian Women. Answers to the questionnaire of the Suffrage Section. Description: Answers to the questionnaire sent, in 1938, by the Suffrage Section of the International Council of Women to national councils. The answers validated by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the leader of the organ...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 433, files 70-71) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1938) , 3 page(s)
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Title: The National Council of Romanian Women. Answers to the questionnaire of the Suffrage Section. Description: Answers to the questionnaire sent, in 1938, by the Suffrage Section of the International Council of Women to national councils. The answers validated by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the leader of the organization, show preoccupation with the political regime of the time – the ban on political propaganda and censorship stopped any milita...
Title: The National Council of Romanian Women. Answers to the questionnaire of the Suffrage Section. Description: Answers to the questionnaire sent, in 1938, by the Suffrage Section of the International Council of Women to national councils. The answers validated by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the leader of the organization, show preoccupation with the political regime of the time – the ban on political propaganda and censorship stopped any militancy for women’s political rights and there was a tendency towards the elimination women from their previous positions in public life, except in the fields of social assistance and education. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, politics, suffrage, women’s emancipation
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1938
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, 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 citită de Dna Elena General Stângaciu la întrunirea organizată de Filiala Colentina Duminică 26 Iulie 1931 în numele Dnei A...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 134-140) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 7 page(s)
Title: Speech Read in Behalf of Mrs. Alexandrina Cantacuzino by Mrs. Elena General Stângaciu at the Meeting Organized by the Colentina branch on Sunday, July 26 1931. Description: Manuscript of a speech held in 1931 by a member of Romanian Women’s Association, Elena Stângaciu, in behalf of Alexandrina Cantacuz...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 134-140) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 7 page(s)
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Title: Speech Read in Behalf of Mrs. Alexandrina Cantacuzino by Mrs. Elena General Stângaciu at the Meeting Organized by the Colentina branch on Sunday, July 26 1931. Description: Manuscript of a speech held in 1931 by a member of Romanian Women’s Association, Elena Stângaciu, in behalf of Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the leader of the organization. The speech is important for the ways in which a “new politics” of women was defined by the lea...
Title: Speech Read in Behalf of Mrs. Alexandrina Cantacuzino by Mrs. Elena General Stângaciu at the Meeting Organized by the Colentina branch on Sunday, July 26 1931. Description: Manuscript of a speech held in 1931 by a member of Romanian Women’s Association, Elena Stângaciu, in behalf of Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the leader of the organization. The speech is important for the ways in which a “new politics” of women was defined by the leader of the organization. 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. Keywords: Alexandrina, Cantacuzino, feminism, politics, women’s emancipation
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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
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Suffrage, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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