Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová

Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (6 January 1855 – 11 February 1939) was a Slovak writer and editor. She was also a leading figure in the women's movement in Slovakia. Her mother died while she was still young.

After seven years of education in Hungarian and German in Lučenec, Maróthy-Šoltésová was compelled to end her schooling to assist her stepmother in caring for her younger siblings. Although her parents introduced her to nationalist circles, they disapproved of her pursuit of intellectual interests, which they considered unsuitable for a woman.

In 1880, Maróthy-Šoltésová became a member of the committee for the Živena women's society in 1880 Maróthy-Šoltésová also helped establish higher education for women in her country, including the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Institute. In her activities facilitating advancement of the Slovak national cause and emancipation of women, she collaborated closely with the president of newly independent First Czechoslovak Republic Tomáš Masaryk and his daughter Alice. She's buried at the National Cemetery in Martin.

Works Source: Na dedine (In the Village), novella (1881) Umierajúce dieťa (The Dying Child), short story (1885) V černickej šole (In the Černica School), prose (1891) Proti prúdu (Against the Current), novel (1894) Prvé previnenie (The First Offense), prose (1896) Popelka (Cinderella), prose (1898) Za letného večera (On a Summer Evening), prose (1902) Moje deti (My Children), diary (1923–24) Sedemdesiat rokov života (Seventy Years of Life), memoirs (1925) Sobrané spisy Eleny Maróthy Šoltésovej (Collected Works of Elena Maróthy Šoltésová) 1 – 6 (1921 – 25) Pohľady na literatúru (Perspectives on Literature), essays released posthumously (1958)