Fráňa Zemínová

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Františka "Fráňa" Zeminová (15 August 1882 – 26 September 1962) was a Czechoslovak women's rights activist and politician. In 1920 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Czechoslovakia, becoming one of the first group of female parliamentarians in the country. She remained a member of parliament until 1948, after which she was jailed by the communist authorities.

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Biography Zeminová was born in Dolní Chvatliny, then in Austria-Hungary, in 1882, the youngest of twelve children of a farming couple. She graduated from business school and from the age of 20 until 1918 worked as an accountant and saleswoman in the Prague publishing house I. L. Kober. She had been active in the Czech National Social Party since 1897, but was unable to join until 1912. In 1905, together with Františka Plamínková, she was a co-founder of the Committee on Women's Suffrage and several other women's associations. Her participation in demonstrations brought her to the attention of the Austrian police, and she spent a short time in jail for 'anti-state activities'. She was also involved in the trade union movement and had articles published in the Ženské snahy monthly magazine and České slovo daily newspaper. In 1918 she became a member of the Revolutionary National Assembly for the National Socials. Following the formation of Czechoslovakia, she was a candidate in the 1920 parliamentary elections, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies. She was re-elected in 1925, 1929 and 1935 serving until 1939. In February 1937 Dorothy Layton, Eleanor Rathbone and Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl made a tour…Citește mai mult