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Abstract / Summary

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

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Speech/Address

Duration

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Format

Text

Page Count

5

Page Range

1-5

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Women and Politics, Women and Rights, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Rumania, Romênia, Romania, Political and Human Rights, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Suffrage

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Rumania, Romênia