Minka Govekar (28 October 1874 – 10 April 1950) was a Slovene teacher, translator, and campaigner for women's rights.Govekar, Minka (1874–1950), Slovenska biografija. Accessed 3 August 2019.
Life Minka Govekar was born in Trebnje in 1874. Completing her education at Ljubljana from 1889 to 1893, she qualified as a teacher in 1895 and married in 1897.
In 1926 Govekar edited Slovenska žena (Slovenian Woman), a collection of articles on women in different periods of Slovenian history and different creative professions:
In her own contribution to the collection, an essay on women authors,Minka Govekar, Marija Borštnik, Milica Schaup, Vida Horvat and Mara Lamut, 'Slovenska ženska in slovensko slovstvo' [Slovenian Women and Slovenian Literature], Slovenska žena, 1926 Govekar provided information on Fanny Hausmann, Jospina Turnograjska, Lujica Pesjak, Pavlina Pajkova, Marica Nadlišek Bartol, Marica II Strnad Cizarljeva and Zofka Kveder-Demetrovic.
Works Dobra kuharica (The Good Cook), 1903 Dobra gospodinja (The Good Housewife), 1908 Slovenska žena (Slovenian Woman), Ljubljana, 1926
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