Ottoman Women from the Pen of Spanish Mademoiselle Esmeralda Cervantes at the World Colombus Exhibition in 1893
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Tarih
2023
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Hacettepe University
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Özet
The Ottoman Empire, one of the leading actors of the Eastern world, was an empire closely followed by the whole World. In addition to the political moves of the Empire, social and daily life was also wondered and legendary information was produced particularly about Ottoman women. By the modernization process of the Empire in the 19th century, its official and unofficial life was opened to the national and international public, and this opening caused the Ottoman women to be closely observed by the Europe. European travelers, craftsmen or foreign ambassador wives who came to the Ottoman lands frequently penned about Ottomen women. One of these names was Spanish Mademoiselle Esmeralda Cervantes who lived in the Ottoman capital for a while. Writer, journalist and musician Mademoiselle Esmeralda, who was in Istanbul in the years coincided with the Abdulhamid II reign, was elected as a representative by the Madrid Fine Arts Society to participate in the World Colombus Exhibition, one of the international favorite meetings of the 19th century and held in Chicago in 1893. She wrote a report to make a presentation on the education of women in the Ottoman Empire at the Chicago Literature Congress of Women held within this exhibition. In the report, Mademoiselle gave information about Ottoman, Greek, British, German, Armenian and Jewish girls’ schools, which were active in education in the 19th century Istanbul. The aim of the study is to give information about the situation of Islamic/Eastern women and Muslim and non-Muslim girls’ school in Istanbul by adhering to the report of Mademoiselle Esmeralda. © 2023, Hacettepe University. All rights reserved.
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Inas (Girls) Schools, Istanbul, Mademoiselle Esmeralda Cervantes, Ottoman Empire, World’s Columbian Exposition
Kaynak
Journal of Modern Turkish History
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Q4
Cilt
19
Sayı
39
