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This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English to portray the lives and fates of Slovak women. These seven life stories, ranging from the late nineteenth century to the ...
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This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English to portray the lives and fates of Slovak women. These seven life stories, ranging from the late nineteenth century to the present day, expose the often cruel political history of Slovakia through the eyes of prominent women whose acts and deeds on behalf of their fellow citizens remain unforgotten in the Slovak collective mind. Four chapters and three oral history interviews offer captivating insight into how the situation of Slovak women in society has changed during a most eventful period. The book will be complemented by a second volume on Czech women due out from Press in the fall of 2015. ibidem
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Price: $34.00
Pages: 120
Publisher: Ibidem Press
Imprint: Ibidem Press
Publication Date: 30 June 2015
Trim Size: 8.27 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783838207087
Format: Paperback
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HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical

On Josette Baer, "Revolution, Modus Vivendi or Sovereignty?"

Essential to an understanding of the Slovak nation's struggle for national identity, sovereignty, democracy, and orientation toward the west. […] Baer's work provides the truest possible picture [...].

Josette Baer is senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at UCM Trnava, Slovakia, and adjunct professor of political theory with a focus on Central and Eastern European political thought at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. She has published several books and peer-reviewed studies about Czechoslovak, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, and Macedonian political thought and politics.

Foreword
Acknowledgements
0. Introduction
1. Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855–1939) – the first feminist?
2. Mária Bellová (1885–1973) – the first female physician
3. Chaviva Reiková (1914–1944) – a Jewish resistance fighter
4. Anna Štvrtecká (1924–1995) – a courageous historian
5. Magdaléna Vášáryová (*1948) – actress, diplomat and politician
6. Iveta Radičová (*1957) – the first female Prime Minister
7. Adela Banášová (*1980) – the face of young Slovakia
Conclusion
Appendix
Chronology
Bibliography
Index