The essay examines the development of a discourse in slovene newspapers and magazines on the role of women as supporters of the national renaissance. Their activities are compared with activities of women in other Slavonic nations. The author also tries to find an answer to the dilemma whether the national movement proved to be supportive of feminist claims or perhaps impeded them.V članku je prikazano, kako je bila v publicistiki druge polovice 19. stoletja tematizirana vloga slovenk kot podpornic narodnega gibanja. Njihovo sodelovanje je primerjano z aktivnostmi žensk iz drugih slovanskih narodov. Članek poskuša tudi odgovoriti na vprašanje, ali je bilo narodno gibanje za uresničitev feminističnih zahtev spodbudno ali je bil njihov razvoj oviran
