Jozefa Ellinger
1852–1920 (age 68)
Biography
Jozefa Ellinger was a pioneering Hungarian university teacher who contributed to higher education and intellectual life during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in 1852, she pursued a career in university teaching during an era when women's participation in academic life was still emerging and developing.
Ellinger's work as a university teacher represented an important contribution to Hungarian intellectual culture and the advancement of women in academia. She dedicated her career to teaching and scholarship until her death in 1920. Her final resting place at Fiume Road Graveyard reflects her significant role in the educational and cultural life of her community and nation.