Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová

Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (6 January 1855 – 11 February 1939) was a Slovak writer and editor.

[1][2] The daughter of Reverend Daniel Maróthy and Karolina Hudecová, she was born in Krupina and was educated in Lučenec.

She became a member of the committee for the Živena women's society in 1880[1] and served as its chair from 1894 to 1927.

[2] Maróthy-Šoltésová also helped establish higher education for women in her country.

[1] In 1875, she married Ľudovít Michal Šoltés, a merchant; the couple had two children, but her daughter died at the age of eight and her son when he was 33.