The Woman in the Military Frontier

Nakon militarizacije Vojne krajine krajiški je vojnik preopterećen vojnom službom i drugim obvezama prema državi. Time glavna proizvodna snaga u kućanstvu postaje žena, no ne dobiva sva prava koja uživaju muškarci. Težak život te potreba preuzmanja i muških i ženskih poslova rezultirali su slabim zdravljem žena i njihovom visokom smrtnošću. Ovaj rad prati njihov životni put te istražuje uloge koje su imale u društvu: učenice, radnice ili udovice, zaručnice i supruge te članice zadruge. Naše znanje o svakoj od tih uloga uvjetovano je zanimanjima države i suvremenika za njih, koja nisu bila jednaka za svaku od uloga.After the militarisation of the Military Frontier, the average frontiersman became more and more overburdened by the military service and duties to the state. As a result, women became the main producers and manpower in the household – but without all the rights men enjoyed. For women, taking over the traditional male duties resulted in a harsh life, deterioration of their health, and high mortality. This paper explores the roles the woman had in the society of the time: as a student, worker, fiancée, wife, widow, or as a member of the zadruga collective. Our findings of any of these are limited by the interests of the state and its contemporaries, which were of varying intensity