title: Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin
text: # Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin
  
  Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin (26 November 1862 – 15 May 1940) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, socialist, suffragist and women's rights activist.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Elena Pop was born in Szilágyillésfalva (Băsești) (Szilágy County, Austria-Hungary) in the family of Maria Loșonți and the politician, Gheorghe Pop de Băsești.
  
  In 1882, she married lawyer Francisc Hossu-Longin.
  
  Pop-Hossu-Longin was a leading figure of the Romanian women's movement and engaged in the struggle for equal rights between men and women, particularly in regards to education. She was co-founder of Reuniunea Femeilor Române Sălăjene (Union of Romanian Women of Sălaj) in 1880, co-founder of Reuniunea Femeilor Române Hunedorene (Union of Romanian Women of Hunedoara) in 1886 and its president from 1895 to 1918.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1879, received the Decoration of the Cross of Queen Elisabeth in recognition for the fundraising she carried out for the soldiers wounded in the Romanian War of Independence.
  