Anka Topić

A poet and teacher who became the first woman to publish a collection of poetry in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908. She was born in Žepče but spent her childhood in Sarajevo where she graduated from the Teacher's School. As a teacher, she served in several places in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kreševo, Šćit, Sarajevo, Humac and Stolac) as a teacher and educator. She was an enormous advocate for the emancipation of women.