Marcelė Kubiliūtė

Marcelė Kubiliūtė (July 28, 1898, Tindžiuliai, now in Rokiškis district municipality, Lithuania – June 13, 1963, Vilnius), was a Lithuanian public figure, active in press, education and military areas. She is the only Lithuanian woman awarded all major Lithuanian orders.^[1][2]

Decorations

• 1928: Grand Cross of Commander of the Order of the Cross of Vytis of second degree
• 1928: Officer's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
• 1930: Kinght's Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
• 1938: Commander's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

References

1. "Marcelė Kubiliūtė" by Nastazija Kairiūkštytė, in Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (Lithuanian)
2. "The Path of the Lithuanian Patriot Marcelė Kubiliūtė", Antanas Tyla, Pasaulio lietuvis, 2006, no. 2, reprinted in Aušra, 2006, no. 3 (Lithuanian)

• "Dek, širdie, ant amžinojo aukuro...": Marcelės Kubiliūtės 100-sioms gimimo metinėms (1898 07 28 – 1963 06 13) paminėti, ed. Nastazija Kairiūkštytė, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, 1999