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TITLE: Mrs. István Bordás to Feministák Egyesülete [Feminist Association], Balmazújváros, 12 January 1917. DESCRIPTION: The letter belongs to a group of letters, which gives information on a group of politically active peasant women from Balmazújváros, today North-Eastern Hungary, and Mrs. István Bordás in particular, and the relationship between them and 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 “Dear Colleague (Kedves tagtárs).” Mrs. Bordás confirms the receipt of 25 copies of the journal of the Feminist Association and repeats that it would be better if it was published daily. She also sends an article which she had written for the journal: “If it is in conformity with the censorship. I would like to write in a manner which would correspond better with [what I feel in] my heart.” Yet, an article written in this way would fall victim to the censorship anyway, “since at the present time it is off limits to write the truth.” KEYWORDS: Women and Institutions of Empire; World War I; Social Reform and Political Activism; Wartime Censorship; 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 Rights, Women and Politics, World War I, 1914-1918, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Derechos, Direitos da Mulher, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Balmazújváros, Hajdú-Bihar, Work and Class Identity, Women, Colonization, Empire, and Post Coloniality, Political and Human Rights, Women as “Proletariat”, Empire and Feminism, Social and Cultural Rights, Hungarians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

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

Keywords and Translated Subjects

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