Cuvântare ținută în Întrunirea Publică a Grupării Femeilor Române, 18 iunie 1932 în sala Lidertafel
written by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, 1876-1944, in Cantacuzino Family Collection, of Romania. National Archives (folder 343, files 1-35) (Bucharest, Bucharest County) (1932) , 35 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Title: Speech Held at the Public Meeting of the Romanian Women’s Association, June 18, 1932, at the Lidertafel Hall. Description: Speech delivered by Alexandrina Cantacuzino, leader of the Romanian Women’s Association, at the meeting of the organization held in Bucharest, at the Lidertafel Hall on June 18, 1932. In this speech, Canatcuzino claimed women’s political rights using a discourse in which the achievement of female suffrage was connected to women’s character and functions in society and their contribution to the revival of the national spirit endangered by “politicianism”: “On these bases and acknowledging the gravity of the situation we demand political rights [emphasized in original], to serve as humble soldiers of the truth and justice this country, built and preserved in its ethnic and moral integrity by Romanian mothers. Therefore, granting women political rights [emphasized in original] is an imperious act of forestalling, not only because women are constantly demanding it, not because the justice imposes it, but because is a collective necessity for strengthening the country in all respects and for [working at] the welfare of the country.” The speech touches also on other topics such as demands for a decrease in public expenditure, the reorganization of state structures and support for agriculture to fight the economic and financial crisis. Keywords: Romanian Women’s Association, suffrage, politics
- 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
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 35
- Page Range
- 1-35
- 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, Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Romanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
- Topic
- Suffrage, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women
- 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