Marija Jurić Zagorka in croatian society

Marija Jurić Zagorka najčitanija je hrvatska spisateljica. U široj javnosti manje je poznat njen trnovit put kao prve hrvatske novinarke, političke izvjestiteljice i prve feministice. U borbi za osobni i nacionalni identitet hrvatskog naroda, za ravnopravnost i slobodu žena unutar patrijarhalnog društva s početka dvadesetog stoljeća, u vremenu postojanja i raspada Austro-Ugarske Monarhije, tijekom dva svjetska rata i stalnih političkih previranja na teritoriju Hrvatske, svojim brojnim člancima, popularnim književnim, ponajprije povijesnim romanima te javnim angažmanom u društvu poticala je nacionalnu svijest hrvatskog naroda, utjecala na jačanje samosvijesti nježnijeg spola otvarajući vrata feminizmu i pri tome teško preživljavala. Ovim radom dat će se pregled bogatog i dinamičnog životnog i spisateljskog puta Marije Jurić Zagorke te istovremeno, na njenom primjeru, političke i društvene okolnosti vremena kojem je pripadala. U postupku će se koristiti radovi sa godišnjih znanstvenih skupova o Mariji Jurić Zagorki održanih u sklopu Dana Marije Jurić Zagorke, online izvori, autobiografski zapisi, djela Bore Đorđevića, Stanka Lasića, Krešimira Nemeca, Dunje Detoni Dujmić, Dorice Blažević i diplomski rad Ivane Ćoze.Marija Jurić Zagorka is the most often read female author. Her thorn-laden path as the first Croatian female journalist, political reporter as well as first feminist is, however, less known to her wider audience. In her battle for the personal and national identity of the Croatian people, for equality and women’s freedom within a patriarchal society at the beginning of the 20th century, in a period in which the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy existed and dissolved, during two world wars and constant political turmoil on the territory of Croatia, using her many articles, popular literary, mostly historical, novels and then public involvement encouraged the national spirit of the Croatian people, influencing the improvement of self-awareness of the gentler sex opening the door for feminism, all while barely surviving. This thesis will provide an overview of the rich and dynamic life of the writer’s path of Marija Jurić Zagorka, while simultaneously, using her example, taking a look at the political and social circumstances of the times she lived in. The methodology includes her works gathered from scientific conferences about Marija Jurić Zagorka help as part of the Days of Marija Jurić Zagorka event, online sources, autobiographical writings, the works of Bora Đorđević, Stanko Lasić, Krešimir Nemec, Dunja Detoni Dujmić, Dorica Blažević and the master’s thesis of Ivana Ćoza