The first school for young girls was opened in 1840 in Pleven by Anastassia Dimitrova.
The duration of study at high school for girls and for boys was made equal in 1898.
Between 1899 and 1904 women teachers were not allowed to practice the profession after their marriage.
The first group of female students was admitted at the university in 1901.
In 1937 only married and divorced women or widows obtained the right to vote.
Until the end of the 20-s of 20 century the law determined that the remunerations of women teachers should be 10% lower than those of men teachers.
Women lawyers did not have the right to practice as magistrates or solicitors before 1944.
In Bulgaria women obtained full voting rights - the right to vote and to be elected in 1947.
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