Ollga Plumbi

Ollga Plumbi (1898 – 1984)[1] was an Albanian feminist, activist and politician.

Ollga Plumbi, also known with her pen name Shpresa was born in the village of Lupckë of Përmet in 1898.

She later returned to Albania and during 1936-1937 wrote in the publication "Bota e Re" along other progressive writers like Migjeni and Selim Shpuza.

During the Second World War she became part of the anti-fascist movement and later was elected as the head of Women's Antifascist Council of Albania.

[3] However soon she was removed from the post and sidelined from politics, but she still would write extensively on the feminism and gender equality.