Marija Jurić Zagorka

- first female political journalist in Central Europe (1896-1918) writing for Croatian daily news Obzor /Horizon (Zagreb) and Hungarian Nepszava - author of about 40 popular Croatian historical novels (among them the most popular are novels about wiches of Grič) - editor of popular women's journals Ženski list and Hrvatica (1925-1938, 1938-1941) - co-founder of Croatian journalist society (Zagreb, 1910) - activist for women's political and human wrights