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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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Invitations for a Public Meeting organized in Bucharest by Romanian women's organizations to celebrate the achievement of full political suf...
written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 251, files 13 and 15) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1938) , 2 page(s)
Description: Manuscripts of invitations for a big public meeting organized in Bucharest, on March 6, 1938 by the Romanian women’s organizations under Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s leadership or influence to celebrate the achievement of full political suffrage for certain categories of women. In 1938 when, a politi...
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written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 251, files 13 and 15) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1938) , 2 page(s)
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Description: Manuscripts of invitations for a big public meeting organized in Bucharest, on March 6, 1938 by the Romanian women’s organizations under Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s leadership or influence to celebrate the achievement of full political suffrage for certain categories of women. In 1938 when, a political regime of royal dictatorship, the new Constitution issued by the king Carol II included a restrictive version of women’s suffrage...
Description: Manuscripts of invitations for a big public meeting organized in Bucharest, on March 6, 1938 by the Romanian women’s organizations under Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s leadership or influence to celebrate the achievement of full political suffrage for certain categories of women. In 1938 when, a political regime of royal dictatorship, the new Constitution issued by the king Carol II included a restrictive version of women’s suffrage - women over 30 had the right to vote for the Deputies Chamber, and women over 40 could vote and be elected in the Senate Chamber. This is the occasion on which these invitations were issued for a public meeting in which the achievement of partial political rights for women had to be celebrated. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, political rights, suffrage
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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
National Council of Romanian Women
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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Le manifeste du Groupe des Fermmes Roumaines
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 102, files 26-30) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 5 page(s)
Title: ‘The manifest of the Romanian Women’s Association’, Arhivele Naționale ale României. Description: Undated manuscript, in French, of a speech given by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, in 1930 or beginning of 1931, at a meeting of Romanian Women’s Association. The speech gives a detailed account of Romanian...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 102, files 26-30) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 5 page(s)
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Title: ‘The manifest of the Romanian Women’s Association’, Arhivele Naționale ale României. Description: Undated manuscript, in French, of a speech given by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, in 1930 or beginning of 1931, at a meeting of Romanian Women’s Association. The speech gives a detailed account of Romanian Women’s Association involvement with promoting social assistance as a way of furthering the legitimacy of women’s political suffra...
Title: ‘The manifest of the Romanian Women’s Association’, Arhivele Naționale ale României. Description: Undated manuscript, in French, of a speech given by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, in 1930 or beginning of 1931, at a meeting of Romanian Women’s Association. The speech gives a detailed account of Romanian Women’s Association involvement with promoting social assistance as a way of furthering the legitimacy of women’s political suffrage and with supporting the change in the Civil Code in providing women with equal civil rights in the institution of marriage. Keywords: Civil rights, Civil Code, local political suffrage, feminism, 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
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
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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Manuscript of an address to higher-class women, 1932
in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 48-49) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1932) , 2 page(s)
Description: Manuscript of an address to higher-class women, in behalf of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in which the organization asked their support in the organization of schools for rural women (presented as feminist nuclei). As in the case of other women..
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in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 48-49) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1932) , 2 page(s)
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Description: Manuscript of an address to higher-class women, in behalf of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in which the organization asked their support in the organization of schools for rural women (presented as feminist nuclei). As in the case of other women’s organization, AECPFR’s attitude towards rural women was a protectionist and sometimes patronizing one. The document is relevant i...
Description: Manuscript of an address to higher-class women, in behalf of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in which the organization asked their support in the organization of schools for rural women (presented as feminist nuclei). As in the case of other women’s organization, AECPFR’s attitude towards rural women was a protectionist and sometimes patronizing one. The document is relevant in this sense – higher class women are urged to educate and guide peasant women in fulfilling their duties as “mothers, wives and citizens”. Keywords: Feminism, education, rural, 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
1932
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Topic / Theme
Women and Education, Political and Human Rights, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Maria Dimitriu-Castano to Elena Meissner, February 22, 1938
written by Maria Dimitriu-Castano, fl. 1930, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI29, vol. 2, files 150 - 151) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (22 February 1938) , 4 page(s)
Description: Letter sent to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), by Maria Dimitriu-Castano (president of the Constanța branch of AECPFR) on February 22, 1938. Two days before the letter was sent, on February 20, 1938, a new constitution inc...
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written by Maria Dimitriu-Castano, fl. 1930, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI29, vol. 2, files 150 - 151) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (22 February 1938) , 4 page(s)
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Description: Letter sent to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), by Maria Dimitriu-Castano (president of the Constanța branch of AECPFR) on February 22, 1938. Two days before the letter was sent, on February 20, 1938, a new constitution incorporating corporatist principles was issued under the newly established monarchical dictatorship. Articles 61 and 63 stipulated that w...
Description: Letter sent to Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), by Maria Dimitriu-Castano (president of the Constanța branch of AECPFR) on February 22, 1938. Two days before the letter was sent, on February 20, 1938, a new constitution incorporating corporatist principles was issued under the newly established monarchical dictatorship. Articles 61 and 63 stipulated that women over 30 had the right to vote for the Deputies Chamber (but not to be elected to the legislative body) and that the women over 40 could vote and be nominated to the Senate. These stipulations were, however, not to be put in practice at that point because the constitution also stated that the conditions and procedures of suffrage for both Senate and Deputies Chamber were to be further developed in a future electoral law. However, the ban on political protests, made any suffragist activity of protest against these constitutional provisions useless. In the letter, Castano informed Meissner that although they officially declared that AECPFR was not a political organization, many members quit AECPFR. She asked Meissner to talk to a minister, release a communiqué stating clearly that the Association was not a political group, and change the name of the Association into The Romanian Feminist Association. Keywords: Feminism, politics, 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
22 February 1938, 1938
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Maria Dimitriu-Castano, fl. 1930
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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Memoir to Marshal Antonescu
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 262, files 1-2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1941) , 3 page(s)
Description: Undated memoir of Princess Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of several Romanian women’s organizations, to Marshal Antonescu, a memoir written probably in 1941. In 1941, Marshal Antonescu deposed the legionary regime and established a military dictatorship. Then, new changes in the legislation were ex...
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written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 262, files 1-2) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1941) , 3 page(s)
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Description: Undated memoir of Princess Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of several Romanian women’s organizations, to Marshal Antonescu, a memoir written probably in 1941. In 1941, Marshal Antonescu deposed the legionary regime and established a military dictatorship. Then, new changes in the legislation were expected, changes that might have endangered women’s political rights. In this memoir, Cantacuzino demanded the consideration of the is...
Description: Undated memoir of Princess Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of several Romanian women’s organizations, to Marshal Antonescu, a memoir written probably in 1941. In 1941, Marshal Antonescu deposed the legionary regime and established a military dictatorship. Then, new changes in the legislation were expected, changes that might have endangered women’s political rights. In this memoir, Cantacuzino demanded the consideration of the issue of women’s political rights according to previous constitutions that included partial political rights for women and the possibility to offer full political rights to, at least, certain categories of women. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, political rights, suffrage
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1941
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Person Discussed
Ion Antonescu, 1882-1946, 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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'Monographie des Institutions de la Société Orthodoxe Nationale des Femmes Roumaines créées depuis la fondation de la Société en 1910...
written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, files 6-7) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 3 page(s)
Title: ‘Monography of the Institutions of the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women Created Since the Establishment of the Society in 1910 and Until 1st of January 1929’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: List of the institutions established by the National Orthodox...
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written by National Council of Romanian Women, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 160, files 6-7) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1930) , 3 page(s)
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Title: ‘Monography of the Institutions of the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women Created Since the Establishment of the Society in 1910 and Until 1st of January 1929’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: List of the institutions established by the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women (Societatea Ortodoxă Națională a Femeilor Române, SONFR), a Christian Orthodox women’s philanthropic so...
Title: ‘Monography of the Institutions of the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women Created Since the Establishment of the Society in 1910 and Until 1st of January 1929’, in the Bulletin of the National Council of Romanian Women. Description: List of the institutions established by the National Orthodox Society of Romanian Women (Societatea Ortodoxă Națională a Femeilor Române, SONFR), a Christian Orthodox women’s philanthropic society. The association was led by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, important Romanian feminist between 1918 and 1938. During that time, SONFR became one of the most important Romanian women’s organizations, with branches all over the country. SONFR founded numerous educational establishments, hospitals, workers’ and students’ restaurants. It also organized public lectures with the aim to educate people in a moral, patriotic and religious spirit. For Alexandrina Cantacuzino and “her organizations”, the social assistance of women and children was an essential part of the feminist agenda. She promoted a maternalist feminism that utilized those qualities associated with a traditional view of women and their functions in society in order to enable women to occupy an important role in the public sphere and even ensure a women’s monopoly in certain areas of involvement with the public. Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, social assistance, women’s movement
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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
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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Motion presented by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women to the prime-minister Coandă, November 1918
in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 3-8) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1918) , 6 page(s)
Description: Manuscript of a motion presented by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to the prime-minister Coandă, in November 1918. A decree-law on the modification of the electoral reform from November 1918 introduced the universal male suffrage and disregarded wo...
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in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI31, files 3-8) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1918) , 6 page(s)
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Description: Manuscript of a motion presented by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to the prime-minister Coandă, in November 1918. A decree-law on the modification of the electoral reform from November 1918 introduced the universal male suffrage and disregarded women’s political rights in the new nation-state. This is when AECPFR asked the support of the prime-minister for the inclusion of full...
Description: Manuscript of a motion presented by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) to the prime-minister Coandă, in November 1918. A decree-law on the modification of the electoral reform from November 1918 introduced the universal male suffrage and disregarded women’s political rights in the new nation-state. This is when AECPFR asked the support of the prime-minister for the inclusion of full political and civil rights for women in the new constitution that, at the time, was under discussion. The arguments in behalf of granting women political and civil rights were various - widespread prejudices about women’s biological inferiority were passionately dismantled while women’s contribution to building Greater Romania and the injustice of overlooking the rights of half of the nation in a state based on democratic principles were emphasized. Moreover, women’s civil and political rights were presented as a mark of civilizational and democratic progress not to be ignored by the new Romanian state. 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
1918
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
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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Motion sent to politicians
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 65-66) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1921) , 4 page(s)
Description: Motion sent to politicians by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in the 1920 – 1922 period when the new constitution was under discussion. In the motion, AECPFR brought arguments in support of women’s entitlement to full civil and political rights a...
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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 65-66) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1921) , 4 page(s)
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Description: Motion sent to politicians by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in the 1920 – 1922 period when the new constitution was under discussion. In the motion, 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 un...
Description: Motion sent to politicians by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in the 1920 – 1922 period when the new constitution was under discussion. In the motion, 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. The motion bears signatures of AECPFR members and of supporters of the organization. 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
1921
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
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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Moțiune
written by Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI35, files 36-38) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1925) , 3 page(s)
Title: Motion. Description: Manuscript of a motion addressed to ministers/deputies/directors of companies, to be sent by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in 1925.In the motion, the organization, together with other women’s organizations from Transylvania, decry...
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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 XI35, files 36-38) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1925) , 3 page(s)
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Title: Motion. Description: Manuscript of a motion addressed to ministers/deputies/directors of companies, to be sent by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in 1925.In the motion, the organization, together with other women’s organizations from Transylvania, decry the situation in which, two years after a new Constitution was issued, women were not granted full political and civil rights. New argu...
Title: Motion. Description: Manuscript of a motion addressed to ministers/deputies/directors of companies, to be sent by the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR) in 1925.In the motion, the organization, together with other women’s organizations from Transylvania, decry the situation in which, two years after a new Constitution was issued, women were not granted full political and civil rights. New arguments were brought in support of these demands, arguments that emphasize on women’s entitlement to these rights as representing half of the nation. The addressees of the motion were asked to support a bill that would grant women full political rights. Keywords: Feminism, politics, women’s emancipation, suffrage, nationalism, 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
1925
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
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Social and Cultural Rights, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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