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Title: Report, December 23, 1930. Description: Report, from January 5, 1931, addressed to Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the general president of Romanian Women’s Association, that presents the situation of the meetings that are going to be organized by the local branches of the Association to support the reform of the electoral laws and of the Civil Code. Keywords: Romanian Women’s Association, Civil Code, reform, civil rights, political rights, e... Title: Report, December 23, 1930. Description: Report, from January 5, 1931, addressed to Alexandrina Cantacuzino, the general president of Romanian Women’s Association, that presents the situation of the meetings that are going to be organized by the local branches of the Association to support the reform of the electoral laws and of the Civil Code. Keywords: Romanian Women’s Association, Civil Code, reform, civil rights, political rights, electoral laws Show more Show less

Title: Woman’s Role in Administrative Life. Exposition Made by Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino to the Newspaper “Dimineața” on November 27, 1929. Description: Leaflet that contains the interview given by Alexandrina Cantacuzino on November 27, 1929 to an important Romanian newspaper („Dimineața”) in which she explains her ideas on political non-partisanship and pursuing a “women’s politics” in the fight for women’s suffrage... Title: Woman’s Role in Administrative Life. Exposition Made by Mrs. Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino to the Newspaper “Dimineața” on November 27, 1929. Description: Leaflet that contains the interview given by Alexandrina Cantacuzino on November 27, 1929 to an important Romanian newspaper („Dimineața”) in which she explains her ideas on political non-partisanship and pursuing a “women’s politics” in the fight for women’s suffrage without involvement in the existing political parties (she was against women joining political parties). Keywords: Alexandrina Cantacuzino, local elections, suffrage, political parties, non-partisanship Show more Show less

Title: ‘Romania’ in The suffrage of women in practice by the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance, London, 1926. Description: Short report, in French, for the international feminist press, probably sent by Solidaritatea, which described the actual situation of women’s rights in Romania. Keywords: Solidaritatea, internationalism, women’s rights, IWSA, Romania, report

Description: Manuscript of a speech held by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR - national representative organization of the Romanian women’s movement in the country and abroad), at a meeting of the organization, probably in late 1921 or 1922. The speech contains an account of CNFR’s creation and the organization of its first meetings in July and November 1921. The goals of the federation of the Ro... Description: Manuscript of a speech held by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the National Council of Romanian Women (CNFR - national representative organization of the Romanian women’s movement in the country and abroad), at a meeting of the organization, probably in late 1921 or 1922. The speech contains an account of CNFR’s creation and the organization of its first meetings in July and November 1921. The goals of the federation of the Romanian women’s organization are explained to the audience using an approach in which the duty of CNFR to protect and represent national interests was intertwined with securing full-fledged citizenship rights for women. Also, the importance of the affiliation with the International Council of Women is emphasized as well as organization’s first attempts to reach out to ethnic minority women. Keywords: Feminism, women’s emancipation, women’s movement, nationalism, international, minority, National Council of Romanian Women Show more Show less