Contribuția membrelor Reuniunii Femeilor Române din Sibiu la viața culturală și socială a Sibiului și a Transilvaniei până la Marea Unire
The Contribution of the Female Members of the Reunion of Romanian Women from Sibiu to the Cultural and Social Life of Sibiu and Transylvania until the Great Union

Summary/Abstract: The cultural and social life of the Romanian community in Sibiu, starting with the second half of the 19th century and until the Great Union of 1918, was enriched by the activity of female personalities who stood out as school principals, teachers, coordinators of social and philanthropic projects inside the Reunion of Romanian Women in Sibiu. This study presents the contribution of some emblematic female personalities of Sibiu – Maria Cosma, Catinca Bârseanu, Veturia Lapedatu, Eugenia Tordǎșianu and Eleonora Lemény-Rozvány, who contributed to the development of schools, to the establishment of child care institutes and orphanages, which organized humanitarian actions, enriched the artistic and social life of Sibiu and Transylvania. The female personalities included in this study determined the emancipation of the Romanians from Transylvania, forming women's meetings, setting up schools, carrying out humanitarian campaigns, contributing to the development of the arts. Through their actions, the establishment of girls' schools with teaching in Romanian has contributed to the shaping the generations of educated young people, humanitarian campaigns and social projects carried out by the women's community in Sibiu have resulted in consistent support for various social categories, injured, orphans, poor.

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