page_title: Julija Pranaitytė
hierarchical_section_title: Julija Pranaitytė
caption_attribution_description: Julija Pranaitytė around 1896
context_page_description: Julija "Julė" Pranaitytė was a Lithuanian newspaper editor, book publisher, and one of the first Lithuanian women travelers.
  She was educated in Saint Petersburg, La Chapelle-Montligeon, and Ingenbohl. After the death of her fiance poet Pranas Vaičaitis in 1901, she moved to United States where she collaborated with priest Antanas Milukas and edited the Catholic-minded magazine Žvaigždė until her death. Using her personal funds, she published about 35 Lithuanian books. Together with Milukas, she published about a hundred books. She translated religious texts from French and wrote travel books on her journey to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus, Lithuania, Spain. She died in poverty and obscurity in 1944.
context_section_description: Julija "Julė" Pranaitytė (26 June 1881 – 29 January 1944) was a Lithuanian newspaper editor, book publisher, and one of the first Lithuanian women travelers. 
  She was educated in Saint Petersburg (Russia), La Chapelle-Montligeon (France), and Ingenbohl (Switzerland). After the death of her fiance poet Pranas Vaičaitis in 1901, she moved to United States where she collaborated with priest Antanas Milukas and edited the Catholic-minded magazine Žvaigždė until her death. Using her personal funds, she published about 35 Lithuanian books. Together with Milukas, she published about a hundred books. She translated religious texts from French and wrote travel books on her journey to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Caucasus (published in 1914), Lithuania (1928), Spain (1932). She died in poverty and obscurity in 1944.
caption: Pranaitytė around 1896
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