This thesis focuses on the presentation and comparison of female characters in short prose of Zofka Kveder and Milena Mohorič. The emphasis is on the portrayal of women at the beginning and in the middle of the first half of the 20th century in Slovenia, as seen through the eyes of two female authors. The first part of the thesis presents the history of feminism at both a global and national levels, and is followed by a presentation of the authors. The central part of the thesis examines selected characters of artists, unhappy wives, and teachers in the works of Kveder and Mohorič since both authors depicted at least one character belonging to each of these categories in their short prose.
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