Background
She was the daughter of wheat trader Todor Velkov and worked as a teacher.
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She was the daughter of wheat trader Todor Velkov and worked as a teacher.
She debuted and became known as a writer in 1891. In 1894, the family moved to Sofia, where she became active within social reform. In 1897, she founded the society Suznanie and started to campaign for women"s education, one of which was to have the University of Sofia open to women.
From 1899, she edited the paper Zhenski glas with Julia Malinova, and in 1901, they co-founded the Bulgarian Women"s Union with Karima as its first chairperson.
The organization was an umbrella organization of the 27 local women"s organisations that had been established in Bulgaria since 1878. lieutenant was founded as a reply to the limitations of women"s education and access to university studies in the 1890s, with the goal to further women"s intellectual development and participation, arranged national congresses and used Zhenski glas as its organization
In 1906, she left the Bulgarian Women"s Union. She founded the rival women"s organization Ravnopravie (1908-1921) and toured the country lecturing on women"s rights reform.
In 1918, she opened the first day care center for working mothers in Bulgaria.
She was exiled for political reasons from 1921 to 1928.
In 1888, she married socialist Janko Sakuzov.