Nedelya Petkova (Bulgarian: Неделя Петкова; 1826–1894)[1] was a Bulgarian education pioneer.[2] In 1859 she began teaching girls and developed this into a school system for girls across the Bulgarian part of the Ottoman Empire, with hundreds of girls attending classes.
- ^ Zilboorg, Caroline, ed. (1997). Women's firsts. Detroit [u.a.]: Gale. p. 145. ISBN 0787601519.
- ^ Neuburger, Mary C. (2012-10-04). Balkan smoke : tobacco and the making of modern Bulgaria. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780801450846.