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 own contribution to the collection, an essay on women authors, Govekar provided information on Fanny Hausmann, Jospina Turnograjska, Lujica Pesjak, Pavlina Pajkova, Marica Nadlišek Bartol, Marica II Strnad Cizarljeva and Zofka Kveder-Demetrovic.

Works

Dobra kuharica, 1903Dobra gospodinja, 1908Slovenska žena, Ljubljana, 1926