{"id":177,"count":19,"description":"Written by Ada Kapola &amp; Aggeliki Christodoulou\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nMaria Despiri-Svolou (1892-1976) was one of the leading personalities of the women's movement. Born in Athens, she defied social stereotypes by receiving an education and joined the Ministry of National Economy in 1921 as the first female Labour Inspector. She played a key role in various feminist organisations, supporting women's rights, social welfare and education. During Metaxas' dictatorship, she faced political persecution and followed her husband, Al. Svolos in exile. In the early years of the German Occupation, she helped in the organisation of food rations, was associated with EAM and participated in the development of resistance organisations from her position as National Councilor to the PEEA. During the Civil War, she was again persecuted and imprisoned, while in the post-civil war period she joined the EDA, with which she was elected as a member of parliament, continuing her activity around the women's movement. With the dictatorship of 21<sup>st<\/sup> April 1967, she retired from action until her death in 1978.","link":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/exhibition\/aski_ms\/","name":"Maria Desipri Svolou (1892-1976)","slug":"aski_ms","taxonomy":"exhibition","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/exhibition"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panel?exhibition=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}