Eleni Skoura

Eleni Skoura (Ελένη Σκούρα, 1896–1991) was the first female member of parliament in Greece, elected in a by-election in January 1953, following the first official women's vote in that country in the November 1952 general elections.[1] Women had previously been allowed to vote, and five women had been elected, in the 1944 elections for the National Council set up by the Greek Resistance.[2] She represented Thessaloniki and had run against another woman, Virginia Zanna.[3] Skoura was a member of the conservative Greek Rally.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Women in Greek Politics". GR Reporter. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Skalidakis, Yannis (2015). "From Resistance to Counterstate: The Making of Revolutionary Power in the Liberated Zones of Occupied Greece, 1943–1944". Journal of Modern Greek Studies 33 (1): 155–184.
  3. ↑ "Greek Women in Decision Making Process". Let's Make Politics Female. Grundtvig. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Samiou, Demetra (2012). "The History of Women's Suffrage in Greece, 1864–2001". In Rodriguez-Ruiz, Blanca; Rubio-Marin, Ruth. The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens. Leiden: Koninklije Brill. p. 450. ISBN 9789004224254.
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