Sarolta Geőcze de Szendrő ( hu, szendrői Geőcze Sarolta; 27 December 1862 – 23 September 1928) was a Hungarian
Christian socialist
Christian socialism is a religious and political philosophy that blends Christianity and socialism, endorsing left-wing politics and socialist economics on the basis of the Bible and the teachings of Jesus. Many Christian socialists believe capi ...
women's rights
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activist and educator.
Life
Geőcze was born on 27 December 1862 in the village of
Bacskó in the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...
, now part of
Slovakia
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. She graduated from the State Institute for the Instruction of Women Primary School Teachers ( hu, Állami Elemi Tanítónőképző (Buda Institute)) in 1882 and then later the State Institute for the Instruction of Women Secondary School Teachers ( hu, Állami Polgári Iskolai Tanítónőképzőintézet (Pest Institute)). She was recommended for a position at a girls'
intermediate school
A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
in
Brassó County
Brassó was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in central Romania (south-eastern Transylvania). The capital of the county was Brassó (''Brașov'' in Romanian, ''Kronstadt'' in German).
Geography ...
(now in Romania) in 1886 and was director of the school two years later. Geőcze was transferred to another girls' intermediate school in
Komárom County
Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate vill ...
in 1892 and remained there for five years. After a year abroad to study teaching methods in religious schools, she began teaching at the Pest Institute in 1898.
[ She was controversially appointed director of the Buda Institute in 1907 as some thought her under-qualified.][Loutfi, pp. 154–56]
Activities
Geőcze was one of the founders of the Mária Dorothea Association ( hu, Mária Dorothea Egyesület), an organization dedicated to improving women's higher education, in 1885. Beginning in 1888, she published numerous articles on girls' education, foreign teaching methods and the "need for Hungarian pedagogical methods able to strengthen national identity and morality". "Throughout the 1890s, Geőcze began to lay greater emphasis on the role of women's education as a means of advancing Hungary as a Christian nation. By the turn of the century, she was seeking to protect women she thought morally and economically vulnerable—migrants, domestic servants, factory workers—through education and material assistance." During the Second National University Education Congress in Budapest in 1896, she lectured on women's education and employment.[Loutfi, p. 155]
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1862 births
1928 deaths
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