Emancipation by the pen: Marija Jurić Zagorka and the history comparison of female journalism

U ovom završnom radu problematizira se tema emancipacije žena početkom 20. stoljeća, u vremenu buđenja svijesti o ravnopravnosti spolova i uzdizanju prvih borkinja za prava žena. U radu je posebna pažnja posvećena Mariji Jurić Zagorki, ikoni ženskog novinarstva u Hrvatskoj i jugoistočnoj Europi i prvoj hrvatskoj novinarki, ali usto i plodnoj književnici. Autorica je emancipaciju žena i feministički pokret prikazala iz perspektive njihovih novinarskih karijera, s fokusom na žensko novinarstvo početkom 20. stoljeća. Cilj je ovog završnog rada iznijeti komparativnu analizu ženskog novinarstva u Hrvatskoj i inozemstvu početkom 20. stoljeća, prikazati kakav je bio odnos društva prema ženama u novinarstvu te istaknuti neke od pionirki struke koje su u tom veoma patrijarhalnom vremenu probijale led za buduće generacije novinarki.In this final paper, the author discusses the topic of women's emancipation at the beginning of the 20th century, at the time when awareness of gender equality was rising and the first female fighters for women's rights were stepping forward. The paper pays special attention to Marija Jurić Zagorka, an icon of female journalism in Croatia and Southeast Europe who was the first Croatian female journalist, but also a prolific writer. The author presented the emancipation of women and the feminist movement from the perspective of their careers as journalists, with a focus on female journalism at the beginning of the 20th century. The goal of this final paper is to present a comparative analysis of female journalism in Croatia and abroad at the beginning of the 20th century, and to shed light on what was society's attitude towards women in journalism while distinguishing some of the pioneer women journalists who were paving the way for future generations of female journalists in years when patriarchy was highly expressed in the society