Klára Leövey (1821–1897), was a Hungarian pioneer

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and

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activist. She was the manager of the Teleki Blanka Gymnasium in Budapest from 1846 to 1848 after being recommended by Teréz Karacs. She participated in the

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, and because of this she was imprisoned by the

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. After her release, she lived in exile in

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from 1856 to 1862. In 2018, the asteroid 334756 Leövey, discovered by

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and Brigitta Sipőcz at the Piszkéstető Station in 2003, was named after her.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leovey, Klara 1821 births 1897 deaths Hungarian women's rights activists Hungarian feminists People from the Austrian Empire Expatriates in France