New women in a new state

This paper intends to explain not only the origins of modern woman in a changing political and social environment newly established state after First World War, but also development ideas formulated by women their intellectual endeavors, through influence criticism, hopes expectations new state. It focuses on Croat South Slavic spaces process unification State Serbs, Croats Slovenes 1918 (called Kingdom SHS, Yugoslavia from 1929). period saw unprecedented involvement public life with aim achieving legal equality. Examining complex structural changes that took place amidst great economic, social, commotion, encompasses personalities challenged understanding status analyses ways forms some actions. The most important among them was Zovka Kveder Demetrović, journalist editor prominent women’s magazine Ženski svijet/Jugoslavenska žena [Women’s World/The Yugoslav Woman] whose advocacy issues is focus this paper. informs reader possibilities contribution women, identifies important, if generally unknown, authors region work contributed general advancement aftermath War.