literature

A History of Czech Feminism

The once egalitarian, agrarian society of Bohemia became ruled by the Hapsburg Dynasty, causing a regression in women’s rights until Christianity helped improve their lives. The National Revival brought the creation of Czechoslovakia and greater rights for women. When communism came, rights improved in some ways and did not in others. The change to a capitalistic democracy brought further changes.

Czech National Revival

A response to increased Germanization, the Czech National Revival revived Czech literature, language, history, and politics. Increased nationalism marked this period of cultural revival.

Little Crumbs by Hana Juračáková

Little Crumbs by Hana Juračáková is a collection of short stories from the author’s childhood in Czechoslovakia. Hana was born in the village of Trojanovice within the Moravian-Silesian region of Czechoslovakia.

The Czech Pioneers of the Southwest by Henry R. Maresh and Estelle Hudson

The book The Czech Pioneers of the Southwest, tells the story of the first Czech pioneers who moved to Texas throughout the 1800s.