1. OSTRAVA – Industrial region and education of women Project CYRIL 2007-2009 Lifelong Learning Programme GRUNDTVIG ATHENA – Association for Education and Development of Women 1st meeting Llandudno, Wales, UK, November 2007

2. Industrial development  Black coal was found in18th century  Immigration of many people of several nations  Job opportunities prevailingly for men

3. Women in households  Rich German entrepreneurs  Workers from other nations  Mixed work culture  First schools  Comparison with Europe nowadays – discussion

4. First schools  For boys – teaching languages are CZ, DE  Secondary schools, gymnasia – teaching language is DE  Women of Czech engineers – Česká beseda (club) – lending of books, organisation of balls, evenings with arts

5. Schools for girls  Moravian Club in 1881 – the first primary school for girls  Czech gymnasium (general secondary school) was opened in Opava some years later  The Czech gymnasium in Ostrava was opened in 1897.

6. Ostrava and Mariánské Hory  1905 – the business school for boys and girls was opened  1924 – City of Ostrava – several villages together  1990 – first woman as a head of the municipality  2004 – the MP – a lady senator from MH

7. Jobs for women  in schools and in hospitals  in offices  in banks and in shops  in cafeterias and restaurants  like actresses in theatres

8. Czechoslovakia – 20th century  new Czech primary schools  gymnasium for girls  some vocational schools  Institute for Teachers  WW II – no schools – equal opportunities  Vysoká škola báňská - Technical University  Havířov – a disaster for families, no work opportunities for women

9. Heavy industry in Ostrava  Declination in the end of 20th century  A step to equal opportunities – new jobs like services, arts, IT

10. Rural areas in Moravia – Silesia  Going to the work to Ostrava  Poor villages  Mountains – small fields  Rich folk habits  Arts and crafts  Ethnic minority – Walachians