Minka Govekar


Minka Govekar was a Slovene teacher, translator, and campaigner for women's rights.

Life

Minka Govekar was born in Trebnje in 1874. Completing her education at Ljubljana from 1889 to 1893, she qualified as a teacher in 1895 and married in 1897.
In 1926 Govekar edited Slovenska žena, a collection of articles on women in different periods of Slovenian history and different creative professions:
In her contribution to the essay on women authors, Govekar provided information on Fanny Hausmann, Jospina Turnograjska, Lujica Pesjak, Pavlina Pajkova, Marica Nadlisek-Bartol, Marica II Strnad Cizarljeva and Zofka Kveder-Demetrovic.

Works