Pavla Hočevar

Pavla Hočevar (27 June 1889 – 18 August 1972) was a Slovenian teacher, writer, socialist and suffragist. She was a member of the Higher Cultural Council of Slovenian Socialists, the Yugoslav Women's Association and Stara Pravda. She wrote for left wing newspapers Zarja, Njiva and Učiteljski.

Early life Hočevar was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1889. Her father Franc Hočevar was a chestnut grower in Vienna and a landowner in Male Lašče in Dolenjska, Slovenia.

Hočevar attended school in Velike Lašče and Ljubljana, She began her career teaching in Loški Potok, then in the village of Zagozdac on the Kolpa River. She attended the All-Slavic Women's Congress in Prague in 1907, gave speeches arguing for women's enfranchisement on the basis of equality between women and men, and debated women's inclusion in politics with Boris Ziherl [ sl]. and was a member of the Higher Cultural Council of Slovenian Socialists. She wrote about subjects related to women in the left wing newspapers Zarja,

In 1910, Hočevar moved to Trieste, Italy, where she continued her teaching career.

After returning to Slovenia, Hočevar was active in the Yugoslav Women's Association and participated as a delegate to congresses in Vienna (1930), Belgrade (1933), Dubrovnik (1936) and Edinburgh (1938).

In 1941, she joined the illegal organization of left-wing liberal intellectuals Stara Pravda.

Hočevar died on 18 August 1972 in Ljubljana.