The Bulgarian Women's Union (Bulgarian: ''Български женски съюз,'' 'Balgarski Zhenski Sayuz' \'b&l-gar-ski 'zhen-ski s&-'yuz\), was a women's rights organisation active in
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
from 1901 to 1944.
In 1901, the organisation was founded by
Vela Blagoeva,
Ekaterina Karavelova,
Anna Karima,
Kina Konova
Kina Konova () (Sevlievo, September 1872- Sofia, 2 May 1952), born Kina Mutafova, was a Bulgarian educator, translator, publicist, suffragist and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder and leader of the first local women's socialist organiza ...
,
Julia Malinova, and
Zheni Pateva.
The organization was an
umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and iden ...
of the 27 local women's organisations that had been established in Bulgaria since 1878. It was founded as a reply to the limitations of women's education and access to university studies in the 1890s, with the goal to further women's intellectual development and participation, arranged national congresses and used ''Zhenski glas'' as its organ. It was dissolved following the communist take over in Bulgaria in 1944 and replaced by the
Bulgarian National Women's Union.
; Chairpersons:
# 1901-1906:
Anna Karima
# 1908-1910:
Julia Malinova
# 1912-1926:
Julia Malinova
# 1926-1944:
Dimitrana Ivanova
See also
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Bulgarian Union of Progressive Women
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First wave feminism
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1944 disestablishments in Bulgaria
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