PART I: 1914–1941 Women Through the Epochs
PART I: 1914–1941 Women Through the Epochs

Author(s): Aida Spahić, Fabio Giomi, Zlatan Delić
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Civil Society, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: women; public life; BiH; 1914-1941; Yugoslavia; associations; activism; human rights; arts; literature;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter will briefly present the period from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War II in Yugoslavia in 1941 in the context of women’s activism. At the beginning it offers a brief overview of historical and social circumstances followed by an overview of women’s association, the rights for which they advocated and the factors that trammelled or, to some extent, facilitated their activity. It also gives an overview of the economic, social, educational, civil, and other rights of women in this period, as well as the atmosphere in literature, theatre and the arts. Unfortunately, many of these women have been forgotten by history, remembered only in small circles and archives. In order to preserve their biographies and contributions from fading away over time, at the end of the chapter we offer brief information about their life and work, regretting in advance that even in the pages of this book, many of the women from this period will not find their place.

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