Maria Lioudaki
Greek educator, folklore and resistanceist (1894–1947)
Maria Lioudaki (22 November 1894 – 4 December 1947) was a Greek educator, folklorist, and resistance fighter. She promoted social action in Lasithi with her friend, Maria Drandaki (1914–1947), with whom she was arrested and killed during the Greek Civil War.
Personal life
Lioudaki was born on 22 November 1894, in Latsida of Apano Mirabello, in the countryside of Crete (at the time part of the Ottoman Empire) to farmer Georgios Lioudakis and Aikaterini Papazachariadi (maiden name), and was the oldest of their 8 children. Growing up in a rural family, she experienced the sounds of the "Mantinadas" in the fields at work, in social gatherings, in dances; with emotional devotion.
Education
She studied at the Girls' School of Naples and in 1908, immediately after graduation at the age of 14, began her career as a sub-teacher at the primary school of Kritsa. She also taught at Agios Georgios in Lassithi and at Fourni Mirabellou from 1912 to 1914.
In 1914 she graduated with honors from the School of Heraklion. From 1925–1927, after successfully passing her examinations, she studied at the University of Athens. In her postgraduate studies she was taught by Manolis Triantafyllidis, Dimitris Glinos, and Alexandros Delmouzos who instilled in her the idea of educational reform, including giving education to all social classes.
Triantafyllidis distinguished Lioudaki for her spiritual interests and introduced her to Folklore.
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