Mitra Mitrović
Mitra Mitrović (Serbian: Митра Митровић; 6 September 1912 – 4 April 2001) was a Serbian politician, feminist and writer.
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Biography
The daughter of a railway official, she was born in
She was a delegate to the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ). She was an editor of Borba, the Communist Party newspaper. She was a founding member of the Antifascist front of women (AFŽ) and served on its central committee.[3][4] She helped found the feminist newspaper Žena danas ("Woman today").[2]
She served as a member of the Serbian National Assembly and of the federal assembly for the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[2]
Mitrović was
She married
Even though she was no longer married to Đilas, when he fell out of favor, she was removed from all her political posts in January 1954.[3]
She published a memoir Ratno putovanje as well as books in support of women's rights: Pravo glasa žena dokaz i oruđe demokratije and Položaj žene u savremenom svetu.[2]
Mitrović died in Belgrade at the age of 88.[2]
References
- ^ "Mitru Mitrovic: 1912–2001". Republika (in Bosnian). 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mitra Mitrović: Prva ministarka u istoriji Srbije". Danas. November 23, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3319943824.
- ISBN 978-1785333088.
- ^ a b The South Slav Journal. Vol. 25. 2004. p. 92.
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