Pálné Veres

Hermína Karolína Benická Verešová commonly known as Pálné Veres was a teacher and feminist from the Slovak Region of the Kingdom of Hungary. Her family were German-speaking Lutherans. Her father was an official in Nógrád County, but after his death in 1816, the family moved to Buda. She was educated until the age of sixteen by her mother, a teacher who died in the cholera epidemic of 1831. Taken in by her grandfather, she embarked on a period of self-study from his library. After moving to Pest with the help of an aunt, Benická worked to improve her Hungarian and continued her studies. Upon her marriage, she adopted the name Pálné Veres.