In the focus of this study is a comparison of two novels, the novel Plein air by Jagoda Truhelka and the novel Roblje by Marija Juric Zagorka, in regard to the presentation of the social position of women in the two novels. The aim is to describe the literary formulation of the problem of the social position of women in the 19th century in the way in which women authors of this period constructs first female and then male characters, then which topics and motives are related to this issue and can be found in the novels, and lastly how these two authors presented private and public relations. The first chapter of this study will review development of the Croatian novel in 19th century. The second chapter will explain the issues of "female literature" and "female writing". The unfavorable position of women in the patriarchal Croatian environment was expressed in the 19th century. Jagoda Truhelka and Marija Juric Zagorka proved that women's issues are experiencing a rich development in the novels Plein Air and Roblje. They deepened writing elements of the literar authors who were creating before them. Also, they deepened the problem of women's position with modern elements to give the attempt of removing tradition from writing. Finally, it can be seen that the attempt of these two authors to remove the tradition from writing is not complete.