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Bust named after Kalliroi Parren (Crete, Greece)

    Kallirhoe Parren (b. Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 1861 – d. 1940, Athens, Greece) launched the feminist movement in Greece and was a journalist and writer in the late 19th and early 20th century. She was invited to Odessa where she worked for two years running the Greek community school for girls. She also went to Adrianople for several years to run the Zapeion School for the Greek community before finally settling in Athens with her husband, a French journalist named Jean Parren.

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    Address: Eleftheriou Venizelou Square, Rethimno, Crete