Eleni Skoura: The First Woman Elected in Greek Parliament

Eleni Skoura: The First Woman Elected in Greek Parliament

“We have a lot to do for Greek women,” Eleni Skoura said after her election as the first-ever female in the Greek Parliament. Credit: Public Domain On January 18, 1953, Eleni Skoura was the first woman elected to the Greek parliament, in a historic moment for the all-male institution. After many decades of struggle, Greek women finally won the right to be elected to Parliament on May 28, 1952. It then took more than twenty years for the principl…