Școli de fete în preajma Primului Război Mondial
Girls' schools before the First World War in Transylvania

Summary/Abstract: The fact that the vast majority of apt men were mobilised on the front led to a growing disorganisation in the industrial, agrarian and military areas, which in turn caused an acute lack of labour force in these sectors. A number of issues concerning the women who remained at home and the occupations that they learned during the belligerent years in order to support themselves and the rest of the family were revealed from the analysis of the period’s press. The growing interest demonstrated during this period for the establishment and re-establishment of girls’ schools is worthy of note, particularly as these schools were meant to provide a future for young Romanian girls. The importance of educating these girls beginning with primary classes represented a constant preoccupation of women’s reunions ever since they were founded and they continued to pursue this goal during these troublesome times. Alongside women’s reunions, the church played a central role in educating and shaping the character of little girls, the future Romanian mothers. This presentation is based on the analysis of three contemporary periodicals, namely Transilvania (Transylvania), Biserica și Școala (Church and School) and Unirea (The Union), all of them abounding in information about the establishment of schools, boarding houses and even orphanages.

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