Teodora Hadzhidimitrova (1884–1963). The Place of the Female Artist in Bulgaria

Teodora Hadzhidimitrova (1884–1963) was a painter, pedagogue, fashion designer, decorator, folklorist, local historian, the first female art teacher and municipal councillor, defender of women’s rights, writer, and founding member of the following societies: Ravnopravie (Equality), Rodno izkustvo (Native Art), the Society of the Sliven artists, and the Club of cultural figures in Sliven. She was the first compiler and publisher of a Bulgarian textbook on the history of clothing.