Развитие на българското девическо образование в Македония и Одринска Тракия (1878–1912)
The Development of Bulgarian Women’s Education in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace (1878–1912)

Summary/Abstract: This research focuses on the development of Bulgarian girls' education in the historical and geographical areas of Macedonia and Eastern Thrace after 1878, when they, due to changed political conditions in the Balkans, began processes important for the emancipation of women. It can be noted that the newly built all-girls schools in the areas have a longer life despite a number of difficulties in their functioning. It is not to be forgotten that in the ethnically diverse Macedonian and Eastern Thrace provinces of the Ottoman Empire, the opening of such schools continued to be an expression of local patriotism and an attempt to overcome Greek influence in cities with a rather mixed population. But it is also important to emphasize that during the period under review the Bulgarian population already has its own Exarchate, which primarily focuses on education, including women's. Since the end of the 19th century, Bulgarian all-girls schools have been established in almost all cities, as well as in some larger villages, and a significant victory for women’s education was the founding of the first high schools in Thessaloniki and Edirne. It can be concluded that after 1878 the issue of women’s education was the focus of many women and raised the issue of the women's movement among Bulgarians in Macedonia and Eastern Thrace.

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