Ekaterina Karavelova

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Overview

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Ekaterina Karavelova (née Peneva) born Rouschuk, Bulgaria, Otttoman Empire October 21, 1860 (d. 1947). Bulgarian peace leader, feminist, and teacher. Co-founded Bulgarian Women’s Union, 1901; organized relief in Russo-Japanese War, 1905, and Balkan Wars, 1912-13. Founded Traen Mir (Lasting Peace). Joined WILPF, 1919, becoming national president. Promoted Balkan unity and Union Panerova.

Quotations

“No woman wants war.” (Regine Bowden, Ahead of Her Time, p. 97, in de Haan, bio. Dict. Women’s Movements, p. 233)

“I plead for justice, that is to say—Worldwide peace. Because we still do not have it. . . our ideal is not peace, which is signed by governments that do not know the actual interests of people, but peace of true democracy.” (Washington DC, May 1, 1924, Ingrid Sharp, Women Activists, p. 89; photo adio Bulgaria)