[3] She attended a two-year teachers' school run by the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vinko Paulski in Zagreb, graduating in 1863.
She also raised the need for financial support for teachers' professional development, and the problems with placing nuns in secular teaching positions.
Her work was heavily influenced by the pedagogical methods and theories she learned through her formal education at the Pedagogium in Vienna, where she was the first female student.
[1][2][8] As a writer, she published articles in various magazines including Napredak, Školski prijatelj, Obzor, and Narodne novine.
[1] Other notable works she produced included the books O ženskom uzgoju ("On Female Upbringing," 1892) and O pristojnom vladanju ("On Decent Manners," 1895).
[2] In 1900, she launched the women's magazine Domaće ognjište ("The Home Hearth") in partnership with Jagoda Truhelka, serving as its editor.