Evgenia Konradi

Evgenia Ivanovna Konradi (Russian: Евгения Ивановна Конради, née Bochechkarova, Russian: Бочечкаровa) was a Russian writer, journalist, and translator. She was first an editor, then owner of the newspaper Nedelya (Week), in which she published articles on society in foreign countries.[1]

Evgenia Konradi
Native name
Евгения Ивановна Конради
BornEvgenia Ivanovna Bochechkarova
1838
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died1898 (aged 59–60)
Paris, France
OccupationWriter, journalist, translator, advocate for female education
LanguageRussian
Notable worksIspoved' materi (Confessions of a mother)
SpouseP. F. Konradi

Biography

Evgenia Bochechkarova was born in Moscow in 1838. Toward the end of the 1850s, she moved to St Petersburg and married P. F. Konradi, a doctor and journalist.[1] Between 1866 and 1868, Konradi published articles in the journal Zhensky Vestnik (Women's Herald), a publication dedicated to the position of women in society. Konradi wrote predominantly for the section dedicated to life for women in foreign countries.[2] In 1868, Konradi became editor of the political and literary newspaper Nedelya, before buying the paper in 1869 with P. A. Gaideburov and Yu. A. Rossel.[1] In 1873, Nedelya had approximately 2,500 subscribers.[3] Konradi left Nedelya in 1874, after which she suffered financial hardship.

In 1885, Konradi took one of her son's to Switzerland for medical care for his consumption, but he died. After his death, Konradi never returned to Russia, dying in a public hospital in Paris in 1898.

Women's rights advocacy

Konradi participated in the 1860s women's rights movement of the political left, alongside Anna Filosofova, Maria Trubnikova, and Nadezhda Stasova. Konradi wrote a letter in December 1867 to the first Congress of Russian Natural Scientists, arguing for the need to educate women and requesting their support in petitioning the government for systematic female education.[4] In March and May 1868, Konradi joined 400 other petitioners requesting the rector of St Petersburg University to allow women access to higher education there.[5]

Written works
  • Черные богатыри. Жизнь рудокопов под землей [Dark heroes. The life of miners below the earth] (in Russian). St Petersburg. 1884.
  • Общественные задачи домашнего воспитания. Книга для матерей [Social tasks for home education. A book for mothers] (in Russian). St Petersburg. 1883.
  • Исповедь матери [Confessions of a mother] (in Russian). St Petersburg. 1876.

References
  1. "Конради Евгения Ивановна (урожденная Бочечкарова) Великие люди России" [Konradi, Evgeniya Ivanovna (nee Bochechkarova): Great Russians]. Great Russians (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. Tena, I. "Женский вестник" [Women's Herald]. FEB "Russkaya literatura i fol'klor" (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "Неделя" [Week] (in Russian). Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. Whittaker, Cynthia H. (1976). "The Women's Movement during the Reign of Alexander II: A Case Study in Russian Liberalism". The Journal of Modern History. 48 (2): 35–69. JSTOR 1877817.
  5. Malysheva, Marina (1992). "Feminism and Bolshevism: two worlds, two ideologies". In Shirin Rai; Hilary Pilkington; Annie Phizacklea (eds.). Women in the face of change: the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China. Translated by -Pilkington, Hilary. London: Routledge. p. 188. ISBN 0-415-07540-8.
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