With the emigration of women and girls from our area to Egypt from the second half of the 19th century on, also the necessity for the spiritual support of the Slovenian women and girls, who lived and worked in a foreign country, arises and the Slovenian nuns, i.e. the School Sisters of St. Francis..
The Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women organised a conference on Alexandrian women taking place on 2 December 2011 in Nova Gorica. The participants first gathered in the Pine Grove in Nova Gorica where a memorial plaque - "Tribute to Alexandrian Women" - was unveiled by the Society, together with the Nova Gorica Rotary Club, next to the monument dedicated to..