Marija Jurić Zagorka – prva hrvatska novinarka

Marija Jurić Zagorka bila je prva hrvatska profesionalna novinarka. Unatoč teškom životu, u kojem nije dobila naobrazbu kakvu je željela, i unatoč tome što su ju od ranih dana opstruirali u želji za pisanjem, postigla je zavidnu karijeru na području novinarstva. Iako je njena prva i osnovna ljubav bila novinarstvo, Zagorka je izdala i veliki broj romana koji imaju važno značenje u hrvatskoj književnosti jer je Zagorka svojim romanima (koji su većinom povijesne tematike) privlačila široke mase čitatelja. Pisala je i kazališne predstave koje su također imale veliki uspjeh kod publike. Strastveno se borila protiv germanizacije i mađarizacije Hrvatske. Osim toga, bavila se promicanjem feminističkih ideja i stavova. Cijeli život se borila za ženska prava i bolji položaj žena u društvu. Pravo priznanje za svoj rad dobila je tek nakon smrti.Marija Jurić Zagorka was the first professional Croatian female journalist. Despite the dificult life, which did not provide her the education that she wished, and despite all the challenges and distructions of her ambitions to write and become a journalist, she achieved a remarcable carrier in the field of journalism. Although her basic and the first love was journalism, she wrote and edited a remarcable number of novels and stories. She has a remarcable role in the history of Croatian literature because she (by writing mostly about history) attracted many readers. She wrote for a theatre that achieved greate success publicly as well. She fought passionate against the foreign influences in Croatia. Besides being a patriot she promoted feminist ideas and programmes. All her life she invested in promoting of gender equality and position of females in society. Adequate recognition for her work she got after she was dead