Maria Baiulescu

Maria Baiulescu
Born 21 August 1860
Brașov
Died 24 June 1941
Brașov
Nationality Romania

Maria Baiulescu (1860 – 24 June 1941) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, suffragist and women's rights activist.[1]

Life

Maria Baiulescu was born in Brașov in 1860 to Bartlomeu and Elena Băiulescu.[2] Her father was an Orthodox Christian priest and her mother was active in the emerging women's movement in Brasov. They lived in an affluent area of the city and Baiulesco received a good education.[3] At this time the local leaders were talking and meeting to establish Romania as a separate country. Baiulescu argued that the new state should establish equality for women.[3]

She was a co-founder, with Ella Negruzzi, Calypso Botez and Elena Meissner, of Asociația de Emancipare Civilă și Politică a Femeii Române or the Romanian Women's Union (UFR)[3] and she served as its president.[3]

Baiulescu died in Brasov in 1941.[2]

Legacy

A technical college in Brasov is named in her honour.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Mihăilescu, Stephanie, Från historien om rumänska feminism, Polirom, Iași, 2002 ISBN 973-681-012-7 s. 168
  2. 1 2 "Maria Băiulescu - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România". enciclopediaromaniei.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Haan, Francisca de; Krasimira, Daskalova; Anna, Loutfi (2006-01-01). A biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms : Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe : 19th and 20th centuries. CEU Press/Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-7326-39-4. OCLC 977384067.
  4. ↑ "Admitere Colegiul Tehnic "maria Baiulescu" Brasov". www.admitereliceu.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2017-04-25.
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