Ljubica Luković
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Ljubica Avramović (Serbian: Љубица Аврамовић) 1858 Pančevo, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 11 February 1915 Valjevo Hospital, Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Occupation | teacher, translator, social work, women's rights activist, nurse |
| Years active | 1875-1915 |
| Known for | establishing the first nurses' training course in Serbia |
Ljubica Luković (Serbian: Љубица Луковић) (1858-1915) was a Serbian nurse, social worker, teacher, translator and president of the Circle of Serbian Sisters. She was instrumental in establishing the first nurses' training course in Serbia and was posthumously awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal.
Ljubica Avramović was born in 1858 in Pančevo, Austrian Empire to the renowned professor and philologist, Jephthah Avramović. Her father was an honored member of the Serbian Learned Society, which later became the Serbian Royal Academy and later still, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Professor Avramović was one of the first to translate works from ancient Greek into the Serbian language and he spoke French, German, Italian and Russian. He also passed on his love of language and learning to his children, including his son Sima, who would become a politician and writer; and his daughters, Ljubica, Milica, and Olga. Avramović enrolled in the Belgrade Higher Girls' School, which was the most elite women's secondary school in Serbia and graduated with a teaching degree.
Wanting to follow in her father's footsteps, Avramović began her career teaching and translating. She translated French literature into Serbian and published articles in various magazines like The Hostess and Bosnian Villas two magazines with literary and cultural focus which aimed to lift women and encourage them to pursue education. Many of her articles were written under the pseudonym, "Etinecelle". In 1875, Avramović joined with a group of educated women to found the Belgrade Women's Society under the patronage of Princess Natalie. The organization was the first women's rights organization in the country and aimed to bring traditional women's roles in educating youth, helping the sick, creating handicrafts, into the public sphere to help women become more independent. Avramović served on the managing board of the organization and worked to foster charitable projects to help women from across the socio-economic spectrum. When the Serbo-Turkish War broke out in 1876, the organization established hospitals in cooperation with the Red Cross to assist the military medical corps and Avramović volunteered as a nurse. When the war ended, she helped establish a women's vocational school.
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