Kruna Dragojlović-Aćimović

Educator, translator and first woman from Bosnia & Herzegovina to receive a university education. She was born near Bijeljina and at an early age fled due to war. She graduated from high school in Moscow in 1887, studying foreign languages before returning to enrol in the Philological and Historical Department of the Great School (1887-1891) in Belgrade. She became a professor and taught in Požarevac, Kragujevac and Belgrade. She opened the door for other women to attain university education. She was a contributor to the magazine Bosanska Vila and for her work she received the Order of St. Sava.