Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová in 1937

Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (6 January 1855 – 11 February 1939) was a Slovak writer and editor. She was also a leading figure in the women's movement in Slovakia.[1][2]

The daughter of Reverend Daniel Maróthy and Karolina Hudecová, she was born in Krupina and was educated in Lučenec. Her mother died while she was still young. She became a member of the committee for the Živena women's society in 1880[1] and served as its chair from 1894 to 1927. From 1912 to 1922, she was editor of the Živena magazine, which she helped found.[2] Maróthy-Šoltésová also helped establish higher education for women in her country. including the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Institute.[1]

In 1875, she married Ľudovít Michal Šoltés, a merchant; the couple had two children, but her daughter died at the age of eight and her son when he was 33.[1]

She died in Martin at the age of 84.[1]

Selected works

Source:[2]

  • Proti prúdu (Against the Current), novel (1894)
  • Moje deti (My Children), diary (1923–24)
  • Sedemdesiat rokov života (Seventy Years of Life), memoirs (1925)
  • Pohľady na literatúru (Perspectives on Literature), essays (1958)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 de Haan, Francisca; Daskalova, Krasimira; Loutfi, Anna (2006). Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe. pp. 301–05. ISBN 9637326391.
  2. 1 2 3 Kirschbaum, Stanislav J (2013). Historical Dictionary of Slovakia. p. 320. ISBN 978-0810880306.


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