Naslov
Demystification of women’s humanitarian work in Dalmatia during the First World War and its aftermath

Autori
Seferović, Jelena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Women, Gender Roles and Humanitarian Aid in the Greater War (1912-1925)

Mjesto i datum
Bruxelles, Belgija; online, 13.12.2021. - 14.12.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Dalmatia, First World War, women's humanitarian work, women in politics, Ženska sekcija, Narodna ženska zadruga

Sažetak
During the First World War in Split, the largest city of the region of Dalmatia, was established a humanitarian organization Ženska sekcija hrvatskog napretka (Women' s Section of Croatian Progress) which primarily cared for war orphans and hungry children. After the war ended, the organization was renamed in Narodna ženska zadruga (National Women' s Cooperative) and its members also began to illegally engage in political activism. This implies that they seeked to (in)directly assist in the realization of the idea of ​​uniting the state of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. At a formal level, the main goals of their engagement were to direct women into the life outside their home, or into the life of their people, into the socio-economic and political circumstances of their homeland. Otherwise, according to the then president of the organization recorded in the regional press of 1918, “a woman who does not become socially active, especially if she is culturally backward, will be a constant impediment to the progress of her people”. On the one hand, there is an indisputable humanitarian contribution of the National Women' s Cooperative in the (post) war period to assist mothers and children, widows and orphans, as well as to support the work of educational, social and charitable institutions. On the other hand, the approach of its members could be characterized as discriminatory and segregating with regard to women who had no interest in engaging in the initiatives which they implemented. In this regard, this presentation will consider the (un)intentional negative consequences of coming to the position of power of the members of the National Women' s Cooperative to their deliberation of improving the social position of the then female population in Dalmatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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