Ekaterine (Keke) Melikishvili, married name Meskhi, (1854–1928) was a Georgian writer, translator and feminist.
Brought up in a well-to-do home in
Tbilisi
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, after matriculating from a Swiss high school, she became one of the first Georgian women to attend university in Switzerland, studying medicine in
Zurich. While there, she became fluent in German and French, followed the innovative developments of the times as well as the evolving situation in Georgia. She was one of several women writers to join the Georgian ''Ugheli'' association, together with
Kato Mikeladze
Ekaterine "Kato" Mikeladze (1878–1942) was a Georgian journalist and feminist who from 1916 fought for women's rights. In order to encourage women to become politically active, she established The Inter-Partial League of Women backed by ''The Vo ...
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Olga Guramishvili,
Pelagia Natsvlishvili and
Bogumila Zeminskaya.
Melikishvili was the first dean of
Odessa University where she created courses for women. A member of the Georgian women writers' circle, she translated children's literature as well as works of social importance, including ''American Women of the 18th Century''. She was a major contributor to journals, including ''Droeba'', founded by her brother Stepane Melikishvili. She headed a family printing concern, was a co-founder of the Skhivi publishing house and founded the Ganatleba (education) association.
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See also
*List of Georgian women writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in the country of Georgia or whose writings are closely associated with that country.
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* Manana Antadze (born 1945), Georgian writer and translator
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*Aneta Dadeshkeliani (1872–1922), Georgian p ...
* Women’s Circle
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It was founded by a group of women who were forced to study in Switzerland because no unive ...
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1854 births
1928 deaths
People from Kakheti
19th-century writers from Georgia (country)
20th-century writers from Georgia (country)
20th-century women writers from Georgia (country)
19th-century women writers from Georgia (country)
Educators from Georgia (country)
Feminists from Georgia (country)
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