Calypso Botez (1880–1933), was a Romanian writer,

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vo ...

and

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

activist.

Life

Botez was born in 1880 in

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. She graduated from the University of Iasi. Botez then lived in Bucharest where she taught at a secondary school although she was also inspecting other schools. She became the President of the

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. In 1917 she was a co-founder, with Maria Baiulescu, Ella Negruzzi and Elena Meissner, of Asociația de Emancipare Civilă și Politică a Femeii Române or the Romanian Women's Union (UFR). She wrote about women's rights highlighting that the Romanian constitution's first article held that all citizens were equal. In 1919 she published ''The Problem of the Rights of the Romanian Woman''. She campaigned for reform of the powers of the government, women's rights and divorce law reform. In 1920 she published ''The Problem of Feminism. A Systematization of Its Elements. ''She co-founded the Consiliul Naţional al Femeilor Române in 1921''.''

Other works

* ''Women's Rights in the Future Constitution'' (1922) * ''Women's Rights in the Future of the Civil Code'' (1924) * ''Report on the Legal Situation of Women'' (1932)

References

* George Marcu (coord.), Dicţionarul personalităţilor feminine din România, Editura Meronia, București, 2009. {{DEFAULTSORT:Botez, Calypso 1880 births 1933 deaths Romanian women's rights activists Romanian feminists Romanian suffragists 20th-century Romanian women writers 20th-century Romanian writers