Voices of Power: Female Political Discourse and Authority in Romanian Modernity (1890–1940) – Sofia Nădejde, Elena Văcărescu, Ella Negruzzi

The present article examines the construction of female political discourse and authority in Romanian modernity (1890-1940), focusing on the voices of Sofia Nădejde, Elena Văcărescu and Ella Negruzzi. The study analyses the strategies through which women negotiated influence and social recognition within a male-dominated political and cultural landscape. Nădejde exemplifies intellectual-polemical authority, Văcărescu embodies transnational-symbolic authority and Negruzzi illustrates juridical-institutional authority. This research contributes to historical, political and communication sciences, as well as to gender studies by offering an informed framework for understanding the dynamics of female political voice, in a patriarchal society, and the evolution of authority in interwar Romania.

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