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Adela Milčinović (; 14 January 1878 – 18 July 1968) was a Croatian
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Life

Adela Kamenić was born in
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) on 14 January 1878, her mother Ludmilla's illegitimate daughter. She received her teacher's qualification from the
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in
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in 1896. She then studied
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in
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and
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. In 1899, she married Andrija Milčinović, a teacher and student at the
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. Afterward, the couple moved to
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where Andrija had gained employment as a teacher. Between 1902 and 1904, they lived in
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, then returned to Zagreb in 1904, where her husband finished his degree and became an employee of the Museum of Arts and Crafts. They had two daughters and divorced around 1915. Milčinović spent
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working at the occupation newspaper '' The Belgrade News'' (, ). She returned to Zagreb in 1918 where she was a secretary at the National Women's Alliance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (). She moved to New York City during the 1930s and remained there until her death in 1968.Jakobović-Fribec, pp. 340–42


Activities

Milčinović wrote a letter in ''Domestic Fireside'' () in which "she presented a well-formulated feminist critique, denouncing the absence of women from public life and outlining her vision of a new aesthetics."Jakobović-Fribec, p. 340 While living in Germany in 1903, the Milčinovićs published a short-story collection together, ''Under the Barrage'' () and Adela wrote for the Zagreb newspaper ''The Nation'' ().


Selected works

* ''Under the Barrage'' (, 1903; co-authored with Andrija Milčinović) * ''Johnny'' (, 1905) * ''Dragojla Jarnević'' (1907) * ''Joyless'' (, 1912) * ''Shadow'' (, 1919) * ''Madam Doctor'' (, 1921)


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Further reading

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milcinovic, Adela 1878 births 1968 deaths Croatian feminists 20th-century Croatian women writers 20th-century Croatian writers Croatian women's rights activists Croatian women activists People from Sisak Yugoslav emigrants to the United States Expatriates from Austria-Hungary in Germany Suffragists