Frančiška Urbančič Štebi
Frančiška Urbančič Štebi | |
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 Frančiška Urbančič Štebi in 1908 | |
| Born | Frančiška Urbančič 3 June 1884 |
| Died | After 1968 |
| Occupation | teacher |
Frančiška Urbančič Štebi, also known as Francka Urbančič Štebi, (3 June 1884 – after 1968) was a Slovenian teacher. She was the first Slovenian woman to graduate from a Slovenian high school with permission to enroll at a university.
Childhood
Frančiška Urbančič Štebi was born on 3 June 1884 into a Slovenian family in the village of Trnovo, which is now part of Ilirska Bistrica.[1][2] Her mother was Frančiška Trčelj and her father was Jožef Urbančič.[2]
In 1900 she began studying at the women's teacher training college in Ljubljana.[1] She graduated there in 1904.[1] The certificate she obtained did not allow her to enroll at a university.[1]
Work and further education
In 1905 she got employed as a teacher in Postojna.[3] Shortly afterwards she married.[3][1]
On 23 March 1908 she received permission from the Imperial-Royal Provincial School Council for Carniola to take the high school leaving examination (Slovene: matura) at the Idrija Realschule (now Jurij Vega High School in Idrija).[1] She passed her leaving examination there on 8 July 1908.[1][4][5] That certificate allowed her to enroll at a university.[6][1] She thus became the first Slovenian woman to graduate from a Slovenian high school with permission to enroll at a university.[1][6] (The 1908 leaving examination in Idrija was also the first high school examination at which students could take the tests in the Slovenian language.[6])
After the leaving examination, she pursued further education and work in technology.[1]
In 1958 she joined the other surviving first graduates of the Idrija Realschule at the municipal celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first leaving examination there.[5] By 1968, she was living in Ljubljana's Bežigrad neighborhood.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Osmo izvestje mestne višje realke. Idrija: Realka – Idrija. 1908.
- ^ a b "Register of the baptized, volume XV – ŠAK Ž Ibi MKK 15 | Ilirska Bistrica | Diocesan Archives Koper | Slovenia | Matricula Online". data.matricula-online.eu. Retrieved 2025-09-18.
- ^ a b "Vestnik". Učiteljski tovariš. 46. 17 November 1905.
- ^ Božič, Lado (1972). "Prva svetovna vojna, italijanska okupacija in ukinitev prve slovenske realke". Idrijski razgledi. 1/2.
- ^ a b Logar, Srečko (1958). "Naš letošnji turistični teden". Idrijski razgledi. 3.
- ^ a b c Žolnir, Nevenka (17 June 2013). "Stoletnica prve mature v slovenskem jeziku". old.delo.si (in Slovenian).
- ^ "Čestitamo". Zbor občanov. Vol. 8, no. 5. June 1968. p. 12. Retrieved 24 September 2025.