Revolutionary Itsa Yonkovitsa Vutkova

Itsa Yonkovitsa Vutkova was a well-known Bulgarian revolutionary who played an important role in the revolutionary movement. She was born in 1813 and, after her husband's death, was left a widow with five children. To protect her eldest son Vasil from the Turkish authorities, she sent him to seek work in Romania after he finished school. There Vasil joined the revolutionary emigrants. Later his younger brother Dimitar (Dako) joined him and participated in the struggle for freedom.

When Vasil Yonkov returned to his native town of Glozhene after serving in the Bulgarian legions, he met Vasil Levski, who proposed that they establish a revolutionary committee. Itsa Yonkovitsa Vutkova actively participated in revolutionary activities and became a member of this committee. Her home became a centre of revolutionary activity, frequently visited by Vasil Levski and other revolutionaries.

After the Arabakonak events and Dimitar Obshti's arrest, Itsa Yonkovitsa was interrogated but betrayed no one. In the years after the Liberation, she fell into severe poverty and needed assistance. Despite her efforts and unwavering devotion to the revolutionary cause, she died in 1898 in her native Glozhene.