Eliška Krásnohorská and her struggle for women's emancipation

The bachelor dissertation deals with Eliška Krásnohorská, a well-known personality of Czech literal, cultural and social life in the second half of the 19th century, mainly with her fight for women's equal rights. Krásnohorská showed how to attain equal rights for women in her articles published in the journal Ţenské listy. The dissertation follows several basic issues of this theme: the requirement of higher education for women, economic and social aspects of emancipation movement and the possibilities how to attain economic independence of women. The author characterizes Eliška Krásnohorská, the wide range of her interests and activities of this personality. The main aim of the work is the acknowledgement of Krásnohorská's contribution to Czech emancipation movement, based mainly on the study of her articles in Ţenské listy. Eliška Krásnohorská's memoirs and correspondence were important sources of the information on her life and attitudes