Calvinist Women’s Fate and Women’s Issues in the First Half of the 20th Century. Part I. The Life of Gabriella Victor (1891–1971) and Her Position on Women’s Movements

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to present the scientific and religious foundations of Gabriella Victor’s pedagogy. The name of the Victor family is inseparable from the cause of the reformist revival and the internal mission. Gabriella Victor (1891–1971) is the first teacher of the Reformed Teacher Training School in Kecskemét, Head of the Lórántffy Zsuzsanna Association. She published a number of articles, children’s Bible, juvenile novels, and informative books for parents and teachers. She was the Doctor of Philosophy (1917) and Theology (1950). The main topics of her scientific work are women’s education, Christian family education, and school religious education. In this study, we present the activities of the Victor family in the internal mission, Gabriella Victor’s opinion on women’s issues, and her views on the characteristics of the female psyche. Keywords: Hungarian Reformed internal mission, Reformed female education, women in theological academic education, Reformed Teacher Training School in Kecskemét