In the presentation I will explore the question of what role gender played in the perception of suicide in Carniola in the second half of the 19th century and in the interwar period. I will mainly use autobiographical sources, memories and letters, but also newspaper articles. I will show what the emotional regime of the 19th century was like and how suicide was explained. Who were the protagonists of suicide and in what environment did it take place (rural, urban). How contemporaries, family members and friends explained it. As we will see, suicides were contextualized very differently depending on gender, social class and political affiliation. The motives were diverse and ranged from love, morality and honor to personal bankruptcy and political ideals. At the same time, we will be interested in what the general understanding of society was: was suicide something that could be justified under certain conditions, or was it always seen as immoral?