Marilena Bocu

Marilena Bocu was a Romanian politician . In 1930, she was Mayor of the city of Lipova in Arad county .

Life

Bocu was among the first three women in the country to be elected to political office. In the capital Bucharest , seven women entered the city ​​council for the first time .

In the Kingdom of Romania , women were given the right to vote and stand for election in local and regional elections in August 1929. In the elections the following year, Bocu won them in Lipova . The spa town in Arad County was then the largest city in Romania that was ruled by a woman.

In Lipova, Bocu was able to reform the municipal administration during her tenure. In addition, the Mureş was dammed, a slaughterhouse was built, electrical lighting was introduced and streets were paved.

background

In 1929, women's suffrage was made dependent on the level of education, social status and “special merit to society”. It was not until 1938 that the constitution of the kingdom made men and women equal in terms of voting rights. The election law of 1939 still contained an education census . This meant that women and men who could read and write were allowed to vote from the age of 30.

In 1946 the education census was lifted and universal suffrage was established for both sexes. In November of that year, the first women entered the national parliament. In December 1947 Romania became a People's Republic .

Web links

• Veturia Marcovici: Primăresele şi consilierele comunale ale României . In: Ştefania Mihăilescu: Din istoria feminismului românesc. Studiu şi antologie de texte (1929–1948). (PDF, Romanian) Polirom, Bucureşti 2006, ISBN 978-973-46-0348-0 . Pp. 169-174.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Veturia Marcovici: Primăresele şi consilierele comunale ale României . P. 170.
2. ↑ Ionuț Dulămiță, Ionuț Sociu: 80 de ani de când femeile pot vota în România . ( Scena 9 of March 26, 2018; Romanian)