Mitra Mitrović

Her father died of typhus during World War I and her mother was left to raise the five children.

With the help of a scholarship, Mitrović was able to study at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, earning a degree in Serbo-Croatian language and literature in 1934.

She was arrested several times[1] and, as an anti-fascist, was imprisoned following the German occupation of Serbia but managed to escape.

[5] Even though she was no longer married to Đilas, when he fell out of favor, she was removed from all her political posts in January 1954.

[3] She published a memoir Ratno putovanje as well as books in support of women's rights: Pravo glasa žena dokaz i oruđe demokratije and Položaj žene u savremenom svetu.