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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855-1939): the first feminist? -- Mária Bellová (1885-1973): the first female physician -- Chaviva Reiková (1914-1944): a Jewish resistance fighter -- Anna Štvrtecká (1924-1995): a courageous historian -- Magdaléna Vášáryová (*1948): actress, diplomat and politician -- Iveta Radičová (*1957): the first female Prime Minister -- Adela Banášová (*1980): the face of young Slovakia. |
Summary |
This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English portraying the lives and fates of Slovak women. The seven life stories, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day, expose the often cruel political history of Slovakia through the eyes of prominent women whose acts and deeds on behalf of their fellow citizens remain unforgotten in the Slovak collective mind. The four chapters and three oral history interviews offer a captivating insight into how the situation of Slovak women in society has changed during a most eventful period of history. This book will be c. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Women -- Slovakia -- Biography.
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Women. |
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Slovakia. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Slovaks -- Biography.
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Slovaks. |
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HISTORY / Europe / Germany. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. |
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Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Foltín, Jan, author of foreword.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Seven Slovak Women. Ibidem-Verlag Haunschild/Schoen gbr 2015 9783838207087 (OCoLC)900031658 |
ISBN |
9783838267081 electronic book |
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3838267087 electronic book |
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9783838207087 |
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