Letter from Marija Jurić Zagorka to Ivo Politeo

This file contains a letter from Marija Jurić Zagorka (Negovec near Vrbovec, March 2, 1873 – Zagreb, November 30, 1957), who was a Croatian writer and the first Middle-European professional female journalist. She settled in Hungary for some years as a married woman but returned to Croatia after her divorce, and devoted herself to journalistic and literary work. She was editor to the newspaper Obzor, and started and edited Ženski list, the first Croatian magazine for women, and newspaper Hrvatica. She fought against discriminations against women, for women’s rights and against Hungarianization and Germanization. In this letter, Zagorka asks Ivo Politeo for help.