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TITLE: Mrs. István Bordás to Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association], Balmazújváros, 1 December 1916. DESCRIPTION: The letter belongs to a group of letters, which gives information on the activities of a group of politically active peasant women from Balmazújváros, today North-Eastern Hungary, and their relationship with the Feminist Association (Feministák Egyesülete). See also, Péter Veres, “A feministák [The Feminists],” in Falusi krónika [Village Chronicle], 2nd ed. (Budapest: Magyar Élet kiadása, 1944), 231–243 (14pp.); as well as the correspondence with Ferencz (Ferenc) Pokrócz (Pokróc), Mrs. Gábor Magyar, Mrs. István Bordás, Mrs. István Szabó, Rosika Schwimmer, and the Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association]. The letter opens with the salutation “Esteemed Colleague (Tisztelt tagtárs).” Mrs. István Bordás reports that the effort of the women of Balmazújváros, in response to the letter by the Feminist Association, had been in vain: They had not been able to publish the cable to Emperor Francis Joseph in the local papers. Their request had been rejected with the argument that such “socialist meshwork (szocziálista fészek)” could not be published. The letter carries a stamp which reads “The Free Woman Organization (A Női Szabadszervezet), Balmazújváros.” See also, “Mrs. Gábor Magyar to Rosika Schwimmer, Balmazújváros, 3 June 1908” (Letter, Balmazújváros, June 3, 1908), P999 Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association], Box 3 Folder 5, Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary]; and “Mrs. András Juhász and Mrs. István Bordás to Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association (in Hungary)], Balmazújváros, ca. 1910s” (Letter, Balmazújváros, 1910s), P999 Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association], Box 3 Folder 5, Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár [National Archives of Hungary]. KEYWORDS: Women and Institutions of Empire; World War I; Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary Francis Joseph; Social Reform and Political Activism; Work and Class Identity; Gender and Class; Peasant Women of Balmazújváros; Peasant Women’s Activism; Mrs. István Bordás Sára Rokon Tóth; Mrs. István Szabó; Mrs. József Deli; Habsburg Empire; Hungary.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Author

István Bordás Sára Rokon Tóth, fl. 1908

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Letter

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Page Count

2

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and War, Women and Work, Women and Rights, Women and Politics, World War I, 1914-1918, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916, Balmazújváros, Hajdú-Bihar, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Work and Class Identity, Political and Human Rights, Empire and Feminism, Women as “Proletariat”, Social and Cultural Rights, Hungarians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Empire and Feminism, Women as “Proletariat”, Social and Cultural Rights

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Trabajo, Mulher e Trabalho, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política