Soteria Aliberty ( el, Σωτηρία Αλιμπέρτη; 1847–1929) was a
Greek
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feminist
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and educator who founded the first Greek women's association, ''Ergani Athena'' ( el, Εργάνη Αθηνά).
Aliberty founded a school for girls in
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and wrote biographical sketches of notable Greek women for the ''Women's Newspaper'' of
Athens
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.
[Boles, Janet K., and Diane Long Hoeveler. ''Historical Dictionary of Feminism.'' ]Scarecrow Press
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, 2004, . Similar activities were being carried out in Greece around the same time by the Ladies' Central Committee and
Kalliroi Parren
Kallirhoe Parren ( el, Καλλιρρόη Παρρέν; 1861 – January 15, 1940) launched the feminist movement in Greece and was a journalist and writer in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Early life
Born in Rethymno, Crete, to a middle-cl ...
's ''Union of Greek Women''. In 1893, she returned to Athens where she founded ''Ergani Athena'' and became editor of the literary journal ''Pleiades''.
[ Jennifer S. Uglow, Frances Hinton, Maggy Hendry (ed.), ''The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography'' (3rd edition), ]UPNE
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, 1999, , p. 13.
See also
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Feminism in Greece
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Kalliroi Parren
Kallirhoe Parren ( el, Καλλιρρόη Παρρέν; 1861 – January 15, 1940) launched the feminist movement in Greece and was a journalist and writer in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Early life
Born in Rethymno, Crete, to a middle-cl ...
Notes
References
*J. S. Uglow, F. Hinton. ''The International Dictionary of Women's Biography.'' Continuum International Publishing Group, 1989.
Further reading
* Stefanidou, Xenia (2007), "Greek Women in Positions of Power." Paper presented at the Hellenic American Professional Society Annual Meeting. November 4.
1847 births
1929 deaths
Greek feminists
Greek women journalists
Greek educators
19th-century Greek writers
19th-century Greek women writers
19th-century Greek educators
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