Minka Govekar (28 October 1874 – 10 April 1950) was a Slovene teacher, translator, and campaigner for women's rights.Govekar, Minka (1874–1950)
''Slovenska biografija''. Accessed 3 August 2019.

Life

Minka Govekar was born in

Trebnje Trebnje (, german: Treffen) is a town in southeastern Slovenia. Trebnje lies on the Temenica, Temenica River in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The area was already settled in Antiquity. The modern settlement developed on the main regio ...

in 1874. Completing her education at

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from 1889 to 1893, she qualified as a teacher in 1895 and married in 1897. In 1926 Govekar edited ''Slovenska žena'' (Slovenian Woman), a collection of articles on women in different periods of Slovenian history and different creative professions: In her own contribution to the collection, an essay on women authors,Minka Govekar, Marija Borštnik, Milica Schaup, Vida Horvat and Mara Lamut, 'Slovenska ženska in slovensko slovstvo' lovenian Women and Slovenian Literature ''Slovenska žena'', 1926 Govekar provided information on Fanny Hausmann, Jospina Turnograjska, Lujica Pesjak, Pavlina Pajkova,

Marica Nadlišek Bartol Marica Nadlišek Bartol (February 10, 1867 – January 3, 1940) was a Slovenian writer and editor. From 1897 to 1899, she served as founding editor of the influential women's journal ''Slovenka''. Forced to flee her home city of Trieste in 1919 ...

, Marica II Strnad Cizarljeva and Zofka Kveder-Demetrovic.

Works

* ''Dobra kuharica'' (The Good Cook), 1903 * ''Dobra gospodinja'' (The Good Housewife), 1908 * ''Slovenska žena'' (Slovenian Woman), Ljubljana, 1926

References

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