Alexandrinky - Slovinky, které vzaly osud do svých rukou
The Alexandrian Women—The Slovenians Who Took Fate into Their Hands

Summary/Abstract: This contribution covers an interesting historical phenomenon: the emigration of women and girls from the southwestern Slovenian region of Goriška who, for a variety of reasons, began leaving their native land in the second half of the 19th century to seek a new home beyond its borders. Egypt and its booming metropolis of Alexandria became the most popular place for them to establish themselves. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, an increasing number of Slovene women sought work here. Slovenian women and girls worked in the town as governesses or as companions or wet nurses for hire, and they soon acquired the nickname “the Alexandrian Women”.

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