Božena Zelinková (21 May 1869 – 18 June 1936) was a Czech teacher and women's rights activist.
Biography
Zelinková was born in
Semtěš in 1869.
In 1908, using a legal loophole, together with
Karla Máchová and
Marie Tůmová
Marie Tůmová (12 June 1866 – 1 May 1925) was a Czech women's suffragist and a teacher. In 1908, using a legal loophole, Tůmová was among the first three women to unsuccessfully run to be elected to the Bohemian Diet.
Career
Teaching ...
, she was among the first three women to unsuccessfully run for the
Bohemian Diet
The Bohemian Diet (, ) was the parliament of the Kingdom of Bohemia within the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1861 and Czechoslovak independence in 1918.
The Diet during the Absolutist Period
In 1471, the Bohemian estates elected the Ja ...
.
Zelinková ran for the
Německý Brod–
Humpolec
Humpolec (; ) is a town in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Humpolec consists of 12 municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...
–
Polná district.
However, she withdrew from the race just before the date of the elections.
References
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1869 births
1936 deaths
People from Kutná Hora District
Czech schoolteachers
Czech suffragists
People from Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovak people