Kina Konova

Kina Konova (Bulgarian: Кина Конова) (Sevlievo, September 1872- Sofia, 2 May 1952), born Kina Mutafova, was a Bulgarian educator, translator, publicist, suffragist and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder and leader of the first local women's socialist organization in Bulgaria, the Society of Friends. Women's Branch (1889), and she was a founder of the local women's society Nadezhda (hope) in 1897.^[1]

Life

Active as a teacher, Kinova was an early participant in the debate about women's education and the status of female teachers. In 1901, she was a co-founder of the Bulgarian Women's Union alongside Vela Blagoeva, Ekaterina Karavelova, Anna Karima and Julia Malinova.^[2] The organization was an umbrella organization of the 27 local women's organisations that had been established in Bulgaria since 1878. The Bulgarian Women's Union was founded to increase access for women to education and entry of women into universities in the 1890s. To promote and encourage women's political development and increase participation in public affairs, the Bulgarian Women's Union arranged national congresses and used the newspaper Zhenski glas (Women's Voice) as its organ.

References

1. The struggle for female suffrage in Europe : voting to become citizens. Rodríguez Ruiz, Blanca,, Rubio-Marín, Ruth. Leiden. ISBN 9789004229914. OCLC 796383683.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
2. Biographical dictionary of women's movements and feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe : 19th and 20th centuries. Haan, Francisca de, 1957-, Daskalova, Krasimira,, Loutfi, Anna (1st ed.). New York: Central European University Press. 2006. pp. 258–261. ISBN 1423749383. OCLC 63197522.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)