Educație și feminism în Piatra-Neamț (1864–1925)
Education and Feminism in Piatra-Neamț (1864–1925)

Summary/Abstract: Between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, in the general context of change, women in Romania wanted to take on a more important role in society. Despite the difficulties, this can also be seen in Piatra-Neamț, especially in the efforts aimed at increasing the education level of girls by establishing a secondary school. State support was not visible for quite a long time, this aim being left to private initiatives, such as the „Champalbert” Institute for Young Ladies, the „Maria Ivanovici” Secondary Institute for Girls, the „Cultura” Primary and Secondary Institute for Girls, the „Lumina” Pedagogical Institute, the Private Secondary School for Girls with the State Education Curriculum. It was not until 1923 that the Ministry of Education gave its approval for the last of the above-mentioned schools to become a public school. Many of these schools’ principals also got involved in the movement for women's political emancipation in the Romanian space. Among them: Valentina Focșa and Eugenia Popovici. Most of the efforts were unsuccessful and ephemeral, but we can consider them forms of action for social and political equality between women and men.

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