„Legyen szabad nekünk, műkedvelőknek is, szólani…” Női írás a 19. századi regionális sajtóban
Women’s Writing in the 19th-Century Hungarian Provincial Press: The Life and Journalistic Works of Klára Lövei

Summary/Abstract: Technological, social and political changes taking place in the 19th century broadened the demand, production and use of periodicals. Still, the idea of public writing by women prompted a range of mixed emotions throughout the century. Nevertheless, the world of newspaper and magazine production was undoubtedly one of the most open institutions as far as engagement and employment of women are concerned. This study aims to bring Klára Lövei’s writing out of the shadows by analysing her contribution to the emerging Hungarian provincial political newspaper production in Máramarossziget. It also includes a contextualisation of Lövei’s work as a correspondent of the Máramaros (the first and most influential newspaper edited and printed in the north-eastern part of Hungary at that time) by reviewing her life path, social relations and the various other writing and publishing endeavours. It suggests that, through her writing, she displayed and manifested some of the nation-building possibilities and roles available for individuals and groups unable to participate in political life.

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