Kalliroi Parren (Greek: Καλλιρρόη Παρρέν; 1861 – January 15, 1940) launched the feminist movement in Greece and was a journalist and writer in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Born in Rethymno, Crete, to a middle-class family, Kalliroi Parren attained her primary education at the nun's school in Piraeus.

[3] From Athens she launched the feminist movement in Greece with the founding of a newspaper, Ephemeris ton kyrion (Ladies' Journal), in 1887.

[2] The newspaper finally stopped running when in 1917 Parren was exiled by Eleftherios Venizelos administration to the island of Hydra because she supported the Monarchy and because she opposed Greece's involvement in World War I on the side of the Entente.

There was active involvement by the Union in collecting funds, sewing uniforms for soldiers, and training medical staff for the, short-lived, Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

[2] The trilogy was well received and critics Grigorios Xenopoulos and Kostis Palamas spoke of it as providing a generous contribution to the development of the Greek social novel.

[2] In 1907 this saga reached a new level of popularity when it was adapted into a play called Nea Yineka (New Woman) which starred Marika Kotopouli who was one of the most famous dramatic actresses of the 20th century.

[2] In addition to this famous trilogy Parren also published To Maramenon Krinon (The Faded Lily) and Horis Onoma (Without a Name), which unfortunately has been lost since their initial creation.