Super Women and Their Stories / Varšavska Street, J. J. Strossmayer Elementary School

Meet important and inspirational women who wrote women's history in Croatia through their illuminated personal stories.

On the walls of Strossmayer School in Varšavska Street, history is evoked by projected videos of a rich narrative, in order to remember the important women who have left their mark on Croatian cultural history. Meet writers, prima ballerinas, writers, photographers, painters, composers and pianists who have written women's history in Croatia and discover their personal stories through a series of illustrated animations.

They are: Ivana Brlić Mažuranić, writer, Mia Čorak Slavenska, first Croatian primaballerina, Marija Jurić Zagorka, first professional journalist and most widely read Croatian writer, Marija Braut, photographer, Vesna Parun, writer, Slava Raškaj, painter, Dora Pejačević, composer, Gabrijela Lerch Bašić, Croatian music teacher and pianist.

Authors: Ivan Marušić Klif and Ana Hušman

Contact

  • Visitor CenterTrg bana J. Jelačića 1110 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
    • +385 1 48 14 051
    • +385 1 48 14 054
    • +385 1 48 14 052
    • 0800 53 53
  • info@infozagreb.hr
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