Ollga Plumbi (1898 – 1984) was an Albanian feminist, activist and politician. She also was elected as deputy of the Albanian parliament in 1945 but became known as one of the first feminists in Albania.

Biography

Ollga Plumbi, also known with her pen name Shpresa was born in the village of Lupckë of

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in 1898. After her husband died when she was young, she went to immigrate in the West to work in order to take care of her family and worked. She later returned to Albania and during 1936-1937 wrote in the publication "Bota e Re" along other progressive writers like

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and Selim Shpuza. During the Second World War she became part of the anti-fascist movement and later was elected as the head of Women's Antifascist Council of Albania. In the elections of 1945 she became a deputy of the People's Parliament and was second most voted deputy, behind only

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. However soon she was removed from the post and sidelined from politics, but she still would write extensively on the

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plumbi, Ollga 1898 births 1984 deaths Albanian feminists Albanian women's rights activists People from Gjirokastër County 20th-century Albanian women politicians 20th-century Albanian politicians Members of the Parliament of Albania Women members of the Parliament of Albania

Biography

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