Maria Baiulescu
Romanian author, suffragist, women’s rights activist, Romanian nationalist, and feminist leader
Maria Baiulescu (21 August 1860 – 24 June 1941) was a Romanian author, suffragist, women’s rights activist, Romanian nationalist, and feminist leader.
Life
She was born in Brașov in 1860. Her father, Bartolomeu Baiulescu, was a Romanian Orthodox priest, and her mother, Elena Baiulescu, was the President of the National Committee of Romanian Women. Maria Baiulescu was able to get a good education growing up and graduated from the Girls French Institution. After graduating, she then started her writing career. She began as a translator, but soon wrote for the Enciclopedia Romana. She also got to write plays for Societatea Pentru Crearea Unui Fond De Teatru Român.
In her later life, Baiulescu became a speaker and author for Asociațiunea Transilvană pentru Literatura și Cultura Poporului Român. From 1908 to 1935, she was the President of Reuniunea Femeilior Române din Brașov. During her time-serving as President, she also started another organization known as Uniunea Femeilor Române.
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