Eleni Skoura Explained

Eleni Skoura (Ελένη Σκούρα, 21 December 1896, Volos  - 4 February 1991)^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] She represented Thessaloniki and had run against another woman, Virginia Zanna.^[4] Skoura was a member of the conservative Greek Rally.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eleni Skoura . 2016-05-10 . https://archive.today/20160510141706/http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/History/Portraits/EleniSkoura.html . 2016-05-10 . dead .
2. News: Women in Greek Politics. 9 March 2014. GR Reporter. 17 September 2015.
3. Yannis . Skalidakis . 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 . 2015 . 155–184 . 10.1353/mgs.2015.0000 . 141718083 .
4. Web site: Greek Women in Decision Making Process. 17 September 2015. Let's Make Politics Female. Grundtvig.
5. Book: Samiou, Demetra. The Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe: Voting to Become Citizens. Koninklije Brill. 2012. 9789004224254. Leiden. 450. The History of Women's Suffrage in Greece, 1864–2001. Rodriguez-Ruiz. Blanca. Rubio-Marin. Ruth.