Dragojla Jarnević (also spelled Jarnjević), (4 January 1812 in Karlovac – 12 March 1875 in Karlovac) was a

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ian poet and teacher. She became a member of the

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, being most famous for writing of women's rights issues. She is also known for being an early mountaineer and rock-climber, famous for scaling the rock of

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(stijena Okića).

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 1813 births 1875 deaths Croatian women poets Croatian women writers 19th-century Croatian women writers People from Karlovac Croatian mountain climbers Croatian women's rights activists Croatian women activists 19th-century Croatian poets {{Croatia-writer-stub