Femeile din părțile Aradului implicate în susținerea învățământului confesional ortodox la sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea și începutul secolului al XX-lea
Women in the Arad Region Involved in Supporting Orthodox Confessional Education at the End of the 19th Century and the Beginning of the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the second half of the 19th century, Romanian women began to get involved in supporting confessional education in the parts of Arad. Among the first we find Elena Ghiba Birta, who through her will donated the amount of 48,000 florins to build a foundation to support young Romanians in schools. At the end of the 19th century, more and more women made various donations, laying the foundations of funds and foundations in the rural world, which aimed to support the confessional school.An important moment in the emancipation of women was the establishment of the Women’s Reunion in the parts of Arad and their involvement in several charitable activities aimed at supporting the Romanian confessional education, which led to the emergence of the girls’ school. At the beginning of the 20th century, around the Reunion, the wives or daughters of some important political leaders in the area were active, such as Hermina Ciorogariu, Hermina Desseanu, Aurelia Beleș, Letiția Oncu, Marilina Bocu, Eugenia Cicio Pop or Elena Goldiș. Their initiatives were supported by the leadership of the Arad Diocese, by the „Victoria” Bank, by the „Tribuna” newspaper, but also by the great Bessarabian philanthropist Vasile Stroescu, who donated significant sums of money for the erection of the girls’ school building, so that it corresponds standards imposed by Hungarian law.

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