Anna Karima, néeTodora Velkova (1871–1949), was a Bulgarian writer, translator, editor and journalist, suffragist and women's rights activist. She was co-founder of the Bulgarian Women's Union, and served as its chairperson from 1901 to 1906.
Anna Karima
Born
Todora Velkova
1871 (1871)
Died
1949 (aged 77–78)
Nationality
Bulgarian
Occupation(s)
Writer, Suffragist
Spouse
Yanko Sakazov
(m. 1888)
She was the daughter of wheat trader Todor Velkov and worked as a teacher. In 1888, she married socialist Yanko Sakazov. She debuted and became known as a writer in 1891. In 1894, the family moved to Sofia, where she became active within social reform. In 1897, she founded the society Suznanie ("Conscience") and started to campaign for women's education, one of which was to have the University of Sofia open to women. From 1899, she edited the paper Zhenski glas ("Female voice") with Julia Malinova, and in 1901, they co-founded the Bulgarian Women's Union with Karima as its first chairperson. The organization was an umbrella organization of the 27 local women's organisations that had been established in Bulgaria since 1878. It was founded as a reply to the limitations of women's education and access to university studies in the 1890s, with the goal to further women's intellectual development and participation, arranged national congresses and used Zhenski glas as its organ. In 1906, she left the Bulgarian Women's Union. She founded the rival women's organization Ravnopravie ("Equal rights", 1908-1921) and toured the country lecturing on women's rights reform. In 1918, she opened the first day care center for working mothers in Bulgaria. She was exiled for political reasons from 1921 to 1928.
References
Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova & Anna Loutfi: Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Easterna and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th centuries Central European University Press, 2006
Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz & Ruth Rubio-Marín: The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens 2012
December 27, 2022
anna, karima, née, todora, velkova, 1871, 1949, bulgarian, writer, translator, editor, journalist, suffragist, women, rights, activist, founder, bulgarian, women, union, served, chairperson, from, 1901, 1906, borntodora, velkova1871, 1871, died1949, aged, nati. Anna Karima nee Todora Velkova 1871 1949 was a Bulgarian writer translator editor and journalist suffragist and women s rights activist She was co founder of the Bulgarian Women s Union and served as its chairperson from 1901 to 1906 Anna KarimaBornTodora Velkova1871 1871 Died1949 aged 77 78 NationalityBulgarianOccupation s Writer SuffragistSpouseYanko Sakazov m 1888 wbr She was the daughter of wheat trader Todor Velkov and worked as a teacher In 1888 she married socialist Yanko Sakazov She debuted and became known as a writer in 1891 In 1894 the family moved to Sofia where she became active within social reform In 1897 she founded the society Suznanie Conscience and started to campaign for women s education one of which was to have the University of Sofia open to women From 1899 she edited the paper Zhenski glas Female voice with Julia Malinova and in 1901 they co founded the Bulgarian Women s Union with Karima as its first chairperson The organization was an umbrella organization of the 27 local women s organisations that had been established in Bulgaria since 1878 It was founded as a reply to the limitations of women s education and access to university studies in the 1890s with the goal to further women s intellectual development and participation arranged national congresses and used Zhenski glas as its organ In 1906 she left the Bulgarian Women s Union She founded the rival women s organization Ravnopravie Equal rights 1908 1921 and toured the country lecturing on women s rights reform In 1918 she opened the first day care center for working mothers in Bulgaria She was exiled for political reasons from 1921 to 1928 References EditFrancisca de Haan Krasimira Daskalova amp Anna Loutfi Biographical Dictionary of Women s Movements and Feminisms in Central Easterna and South Eastern Europe 19th and 20th centuries Central European University Press 2006 Blanca Rodriguez Ruiz amp Ruth Rubio Marin The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe Voting to Become Citizens 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anna Karima amp oldid 1017694419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
