Urani Rumbo

Urani Rumbo (20 January 1895 – 26 March 1936) was an Albanian feminist, teacher, and playwright. She founded various associations promoting Albanian women's rights, the most important of which was the Lidhja e Gruas (Woman's Union), one of the first prominent feminist organizations of Albania.

Biography Urani Rumbo was born in December 1895 in Stegopul, a village near Gjirokastër in what is today southern Albania. Her father, Spiro Rumbo, was a teacher in the nearby villages and her mother, Athana, was a housewife. She had three brothers, Kornil, Thanas, and Dhimitër Rumbo, and a sister Emily as well a teacher at the elementary school.

On March 1, 1961, Urani Rumbo was posthumously awarded the Mësuese e Popullit (Teacher of the People) medal. A school in the city of Gjirokastër was named after her.