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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...
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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Prima ședință a cercului de studii feminine. 28 Noembrie 1924
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI27 vol. 1, files 80-86) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1924) , 7 page(s)
Title: The First Meeting of the Circle for Feminine Studies. 28th of November 1924. Description: Manuscripts of a speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in 1924, at the first meeting of a “circle for feminine studies” establ...
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI27 vol. 1, files 80-86) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1924) , 7 page(s)
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Title: The First Meeting of the Circle for Feminine Studies. 28th of November 1924. Description: Manuscripts of a speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in 1924, at the first meeting of a “circle for feminine studies” established in Iassy in the same year. As seen from the title of the circle, in that period the term “feminism” (previously used to denom...
Title: The First Meeting of the Circle for Feminine Studies. 28th of November 1924. Description: Manuscripts of a speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), in 1924, at the first meeting of a “circle for feminine studies” established in Iassy in the same year. As seen from the title of the circle, in that period the term “feminism” (previously used to denominate similar circles) is consciously avoided by the members of the organization, in an effort to appeal to a wider audience and attract people who were reluctant or less knowledgeable of the aims of feminism in Romania and abroad. At this first meeting of the circle, Elena Meissner invited the (potential) participants to discuss problems and issues “in which all women are interested, issues related to all mothers and children and also issues regarding the interests of nations and humanity, of interest for all people regardless of sex”. In her invitation Meissner also emphasized the openness of AECPFR to endeavors in which all categories of women and people who were reluctant to get involved in the feminist movement would be interested. She stressed the educational virtues of the “circle for feminine studies” and at the same time on its inclusiveness in terms of problematic which, she thought, would counter the negative connotations attached to feminism. Keywords: Feminism, women’s emancipation, women’s movement, militancy, 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
1924
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
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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Raportul doamnei prezidente Alexandrina Cantacuzino asupra activității Consiliului Național al Femeilor Române pe anul 1934-1935, 14 dec...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 209, files 80-129) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1935) , 50 page(s)
Title: The Report of Mrs. President Alexandrina Cantacuzino on the Activity of National Council of Romanian Women During the Year 1934-1935, December 14, 1935. Description: Manuscript of Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s report as president of the National Council of Romanian Women for the period 1934 – 1935. The repo...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 209, files 80-129) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1935) , 50 page(s)
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Title: The Report of Mrs. President Alexandrina Cantacuzino on the Activity of National Council of Romanian Women During the Year 1934-1935, December 14, 1935. Description: Manuscript of Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s report as president of the National Council of Romanian Women for the period 1934 – 1935. The report details on the president’s internationalist work in behalf of child protection, the organization’s relations with and president..
Title: The Report of Mrs. President Alexandrina Cantacuzino on the Activity of National Council of Romanian Women During the Year 1934-1935, December 14, 1935. Description: Manuscript of Alexandrina Cantacuzino’s report as president of the National Council of Romanian Women for the period 1934 – 1935. The report details on the president’s internationalist work in behalf of child protection, the organization’s relations with and president’s view of ICW and IAW, the advancement of Romanian women’s civil rights, the inauguration of Woman’s House (institution for the social assistance of women and children). It does also provide information on the structure, organization and leading members of the National Council of Romanian Women at that time. The report concludes: “As you can see, Ladies and Gentlemen, there is an acute need for discipline in women’s actions so women will not give [the opportunity for] other demonstrations [of incompetence and disunity] and strengthen men’s arguments to push them out of political life. It is certain that at present in the world there is an increasing anti-feminist movement whose roots are in the mistakes women made in the last years but also in the men’s politics of violence which tend to reject women’s competition and value [while] women become increasingly equal with men.” Keywords: National Council of Romanian Women, report, civil rights, political rights, internationalism, nationalism, social work, structure
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
1935
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Suffrage, Family Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Recepțiunea doamnelor congresiste 29/12 iulie 1919
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI27 vol. 1, files 4-10) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1919) , 9 page(s)
Title: The Reception for the Ladies who Participated at the Congress on July 29/12, 1919. Description: Manuscripts of a welcoming speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), at the congress of the organization held on July 12, 1919....
written by Elena Meissner, 1867-1940, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI27 vol. 1, files 4-10) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1919) , 9 page(s)
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Title: The Reception for the Ladies who Participated at the Congress on July 29/12, 1919. Description: Manuscripts of a welcoming speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), at the congress of the organization held on July 12, 1919. AECPFR is presented by Meissner as a “society of ideas and propaganda” in order to differentiate the feminist organization from the...
Title: The Reception for the Ladies who Participated at the Congress on July 29/12, 1919. Description: Manuscripts of a welcoming speech held by Elena Meissner, leader of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women (AECPFR), at the congress of the organization held on July 12, 1919. AECPFR is presented by Meissner as a “society of ideas and propaganda” in order to differentiate the feminist organization from the traditional women’s philanthropic associations very active in the period. In her speech, Meissner exposes the program of the organization as well as her ideas on the women’s emancipation and the achievement of full political and civil rights for women. In doing so, she responded to accusations of encouraging women to abandon their familial duties and embark on careers by reiterating the idea of the compatibility between ‘private’ and ‘public’ rights and duties: “[…] if the feminist association understands to fight for obtaining civil and political rights, it [its members] does not understand to give up to its [members’] duty as good mothers, wives, housekeepers. In other words, we want to keep the duties which we willingly (“cu drag”) fulfilled at home until now and, at the same time, raise our status to the height of that of man, to be equal with him in civil and political rights, be an equal partner/comrade and unite our forces with his for the welfare of the family and society.” Keywords: Feminism, civil rights, 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
1919
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Speech/Address
Author / Creator
Elena Meissner, 1867-1940
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Family Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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[Report], 23 Decembrie 1930
in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 59, files 245-246) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) , 4 page(s)
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 th...
in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 59, files 245-246) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) , 4 page(s)
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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
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
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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Răspuns Doamnei Pia Alimănișteanu
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 86-97) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 12 page(s)
Title: Answer to Mrs. Pia Alimănișteanu. Description: Manuscript without date, probably from 1931, of a public letter written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino as response to the criticism brought to her by Pia Alimănișteanu. Pia Alimănișteanu was a feminist, member of the Association for the Civil and Political Em...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 144, vol.1, files 86-97) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1931) , 12 page(s)
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Title: Answer to Mrs. Pia Alimănișteanu. Description: Manuscript without date, probably from 1931, of a public letter written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino as response to the criticism brought to her by Pia Alimănișteanu. Pia Alimănișteanu was a feminist, member of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women and of the National Liberal Party. In 1931, she publicly criticized Alexandrina Cantacuzino for exhibiting...
Title: Answer to Mrs. Pia Alimănișteanu. Description: Manuscript without date, probably from 1931, of a public letter written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino as response to the criticism brought to her by Pia Alimănișteanu. Pia Alimănișteanu was a feminist, member of the Association for the Civil and Political Emancipation of Romanian Women and of the National Liberal Party. In 1931, she publicly criticized Alexandrina Cantacuzino for exhibiting a politically neutral attitude while supporting political parties and for her commitment to “a feminism that did not bring any results”. In her answer to this criticism, Cantacuzino passionately defended her political stand in supporting women’s emancipation: “We have never ceased to wage our fight on these bases and, at the same time, to ask for civil and political rights for women. We do not want to get involved in the whirlpool of passions that transformed politics into a profitable profession instead of missionary work, and whose members [politicians] are predominantly against women’s rights.” Keywords: Alexandrina, Cantacuzino, feminism, nationalism, politics, suffrage, 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
Letter
Author / Creator
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Person Discussed
Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Social Reform and Political Activism, Social and Cultural 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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Speech at a meeting of the National Council of Romanian Women
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI39, file 29-30) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1921) , 4 page(s)
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 a...
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Constantin and Elena Meissner Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder XI39, file 29-30) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1921) , 4 page(s)
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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
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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
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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Zoe Arion to Emilia Dr. Rațiu, Bucharest, October 1905
written by Zoe Arion, fl. 1905 (Romania. Arhivele Nationale. Arhivele Nationale Istorice Centrale Bucharest, 734/1905, Fond 1246 Personal Fond Dr. Ioan Ratiu, ff. 1-5) (October 1905) , 11 page(s)
TITLE: Zoe Arion to Emilia Dr. Rațiu, Bucharest, October 1905. DESCRIPTION: Letter sent by Zoe Arion from Bucharest (in the Romanian Kingdom) to Emilia Rațiu (in Sibiu/Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt, Kingdom of Hungary at the time). Zoe Arion was the daughter of Romanian Army General and diplomat Eracle Arion, likely s...
written by Zoe Arion, fl. 1905 (Romania. Arhivele Nationale. Arhivele Nationale Istorice Centrale Bucharest, 734/1905, Fond 1246 Personal Fond Dr. Ioan Ratiu, ff. 1-5) (October 1905) , 11 page(s)
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TITLE: Zoe Arion to Emilia Dr. Rațiu, Bucharest, October 1905. DESCRIPTION: Letter sent by Zoe Arion from Bucharest (in the Romanian Kingdom) to Emilia Rațiu (in Sibiu/Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt, Kingdom of Hungary at the time). Zoe Arion was the daughter of Romanian Army General and diplomat Eracle Arion, likely some twenty years youger than her correspondent. Emilia Rațiu (1846-1929) was a Transylvanian Romanian nationalist activist and a frequ...
TITLE: Zoe Arion to Emilia Dr. Rațiu, Bucharest, October 1905. DESCRIPTION: Letter sent by Zoe Arion from Bucharest (in the Romanian Kingdom) to Emilia Rațiu (in Sibiu/Nagyszeben/Hermannstadt, Kingdom of Hungary at the time). Zoe Arion was the daughter of Romanian Army General and diplomat Eracle Arion, likely some twenty years youger than her correspondent. Emilia Rațiu (1846-1929) was a Transylvanian Romanian nationalist activist and a frequent contributor to Familia magazine. She was married to Romanian National Party leader Ioan Rațiu. She was president of the Reunion of Romanian Women in the town of Turda, founder of the Women’s Reading Society in the same town in 1873, and an initiator of several other social reform and welfare activities. She led international mobilization efforts in favor of the claims of Transylvanian Romanians within Austria Hungary, especially following the arrest of Ioan Rațiu in 1894. ¶ This letter expresses the opinion that, despite the Emperor’s many faults, the monarch had begun to see the mistakes of the Hungarians. Arion articulates that Romanians had always been in favor of the dynasty (‘dynastic’) but that it was an inappropriate moment for Transylvanian politicians to become Kossuthists. If there were any need to join a party, socialists, with their platform of universal suffrage, might be more appealing. In 1905, when this letter was written, the Romanian National Party (RNP) in Transylvania had ceased its boycott of Hungarian parliamentary institutions and was pushing from within the Parliament for universal suffrage within the Kingdom of Hungary. (Of note, the RNP had debated whether to formally endorse women’s suffrage at its January 1905 congress, finally deciding against the issue with some members expressing support for the cause.) The RNP was probably debating at the time the alliances it should forge within the Parliament. During 1905, workers, especially in the Austrian half of the Dual Monarchy, mobilized by a popular socialist movement, were demanding suffrage in mass demonstrations and through other forms of participation. Arion’s entreaty towards an alliance with the socialists functioned in this context. The Kosshutism mentioned in the letter as a less appealing alternative to the support of socialists refers to the ideological legacy of 1848 revolutionary Kossuth Lajos (1802-1894), a symbol of the more radical patriotism of the Hungarian Revolution and a hero of Hungarian centralizers. The brief mention of suffrage politics links with how a Member of Hungarian Parliament, Stefan Cicio-Pop, participated in 1913 in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) Congress in Budapest and later supported a bill for universal suffrage. However, this letter does not mention women’s suffrage explicitly, and is likely to be implicitly referring to male suffrage without property qualifications when discussing “universal suffrage.” On women’s suffrage and Transylvanian Romanian nationalism, see also Helena Densusianu, “Helena Densusianu to Emilia Dr. Rațiu, 10 March 1870” (Letter, Făgăraș, March 10, 1870), 844/1870, Fond 1246 Personal Fond Dr. Ioan Ratiu, ff. 1-2, Romania. Arhivele Nationale. Arhivele Nationale Istorice Centrale Bucharest; and Eleonora Lemény, “Indreptatire politica femeilor! [Legitimate Women’s Policy!],” Adevarul-Glasul Poporului, December 2, 1918. ¶ This document captures with unusual directness Transylvanian Romanian positioning vis-à-vis the Habsburg dynasty and within the Austro-Hungarian Empire (a stance taken since the 1848-1849 Hungarian Revolution). The letter exemplifies pragmatic politics and organizing, and places a young upper-class educated woman such as Arion in the middle of the “male sphere” of parliamentary political strategizing in both Transylvania and the Romanian Kingdom. For example, it is interesting to note that the presumed aversion towards socialist politics among the Transylvanian Romanian middle class and within the Romanian National Party could be conceived as surmountable, in the context of the struggle for universal suffrage. Finally, the topics and rhetorical features of this letter offer a counterweight to the maternalist, “women’s sphere,” and the highly affective style encountered in other politically active women’s public rhetoric. Compare this with Maria Baiulescu, “Cuvantul de deschidere rostit de doamna Maria B. Baiulescu, presedinta Uniunii Femeilor Romane din Brasov la I-ul Congres al Reuniunilor de Femei din Ungaria, tinut la Brasov in zilele de 3-5 Iunie 1913 [Opening Speech Given by Mrs. Maria B. Baiulescu, President of the Union of Romanian Women in Brasov to the Ist Congress of the Women’s Reunions held in Brasov between 3-5 June 1913]” (Speech, Brașov, June 1913), MS 1954, f. 36, “George Baritiu” County Library Special Collections, “George Baritiu” County Library Special Collections. The Arion letter contributes to a more complex image of the reasons and tactics of nationalist mobilization among women involved in the Transylvanian Romanian national cause and underscores the gap that existed between private discourse and public rhetoric among politicized women. KEYWORDS: Women and Institutions of Empire; Hungarian Parliament; Women and Practices/ Cultures of Empire; Imperial Identity; Women Interacting with Women, Social Movements, and Other Actors Beyond Empire; Women and Nation within Empire; Women and Struggle Between Nations in the Empire; Social Reform and Political Activism; Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations; Socialism; Political and Human Rights; Nationality Rights; Human Rights, Suffrage; Habsburg Empire; Kossuth Lajos/ Louis Kossuth.
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Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Date Written / Recorded
October 1905, 1905
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Zoe Arion, fl. 1905
Person Discussed
Lajos Kossuth, 1802-1894
Topic / Theme
Social Reform and Political Activism, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Political and Human Rights, Indigenous Women, Political Parties and Other Male Dominated Organizations, Empire and Feminism, Social and Cultural Rights, Multi-Ethnic Participation in Social Movements, Social and Political Leadership, Socialism, Suffrage, Romanians, Hungarians
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