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Nevertheless, Bilcescu never practiced. Elena Popovici, the next woman to apply for a Romanian bar association, and, incidentally, for the same one in Ilfov, was not accepted (1901). Sarmiza Bilcescu married Constantin Alimănişteanu six years after being admitted to the bar, and subsequently retired
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present above the gate). Nevertheless, after completing her first year of studies, Colmet De Santerre addressed the student body, mentioning Bilcescu's "relentlessness beyond all praise and exemplary conduct", thanking male students for having "welcomed her as a sister" (the speech was received with
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She received a license to practice in 1887. In 1890, when 71% of female students in France were of foreign origin, Bilcescu was also one of the European women to obtain a PhD in law, after
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Having applied for University in 1884, Bilcescu was given a poor reception at the faculty; in the words of
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from her profession, while remaining active in feminist circles, and being among the founding members of
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Imaginarul despre Femeie în Vechiul Regat între pozitv şi negativ
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People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
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Educaţia feminină în societatea romanească a secolului XIX
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Femeia în societatea românească a secolului al XIX-lea
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Coming from a family closely associated with that of
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Romanian
PhD
Faculty of Law of Paris
University of Paris
Constantin Alimănişteanu
Ion Brătianu
France
feminist
Edmond Louis Armand Colmet De Santerre
Civil law
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
motto
Marie Popelin
Christina Cutzarida
doctorate
Constantin Dissescu
bar association
Ilfov County
Bucharest
Take Ionescu
Roman law
Belgian
liberal
Louis Franck
Ana Haret
Sabina Cantacuzino
Maria N. Filipescu
Queen Marie
Mihail Fărcășanu

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