Din istoria Consiliului Naţional al Femeilor Române şi a mişcării feministe
History of National Council of Romanian Women and the Feminist Movement

Summary/Abstract: The National Council of Romanian Women was founded in 1921. It had its residence in Bucharest and many branches in other cities. The objective of the society was the union of Romanian feminist organizations. The leaders of the associations were - Alexandrina Gr. Cantacuzino, Calypso C. Botez, Zoe Gr. Râmniceanu, Elena Meissner, Cornelia Emilian, Elena Odobescu, Ecaterina Cerchez, Aida Vrioni, who developed an intense local and international activity. The National Council of Romanian Women organized campaigns every year for women’s vote, for civil and political rights for women, professional schools, meetings and congresses. NCRW was affiliated to the International Council of Women, where Alexandrina Cantacuzino was the elected Vice-President. She participated in congresses and initiatives of this association in the Inter-war period. The most important initiative of NCRW was the organization of the congress for the minority feminists in 1925, the foundation of modern educative institutions (The Secretary School, School of Horticulure, The Auxiliary Social School), centers of social assistance (Woman House), exhibitions of Romanian products in Bucharest, Cluj, Prague, Warsaw, Rome. NCRW could not unify feminist associations, but it obtained some civil and politic rights for women and it has promoted the feminist ideas inside the country and outside its borders.

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