Financování českého dívčího gymnázia Minerva, spolku pro ženské studium

• Authors: Malinska Jana

Title variants

EN

THE MINERVA ASSOCIATION FOR FINANCING SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR CZECH GIRLS - ITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF GIRLS' GYMNASIUM MINERVA

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

By the early 1880s, the Czech civic women's organizations achieved considerable success in building up a network of girls' schools, but there was a serious need for a type of secondary school that would provide the possibility of special exams (maturita) to enter the university studies. In 1890, Eliska Krasnohorska established such a school, a 'gymnasium' connected with the Minerva Association, which was fully responsible for funding the school. The school had a private status and consequently, the students had to pay fees, contributions for books, various requisites, etc. The school received regular and considerable financial support from the Council of the Royal Capital City of Prague and from the Land Committee of the Diet of the Czech Kingdom. Other sources of funds for operational activities were the contributions of Minerva Association members, occasional donations from corporations (usually women's civic organizations), local governments, financial institutions, industrial enterprises, and private persons. The women's activities related to the public sector, and especially to girls' education, largely contributed to the process of democratization and to the gradual establishment of equal of rights for women in Czech society.

Keywords

EN

EDUCATION FOR WOMEN; HISTORY; SCHOOL FUNDING

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-33
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Malinska Jana

• Jana Malinska, Masarykuv ustav a Archiv Akademie ved CR, v. v. i., Gabcikova 10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA06577