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Frau Ava
b. circa 1060, Germany; d. 1127, AustriaAva was a German poet, the first named female writer in her language. She was married and had two children. After her husband died, it is thought that she retired... Read more
Marianne Beth
b. 1889, Vienna; d. 1984, New YorkIn 1921, Marianne Beth became the first woman in Austria to earn a doctorate in law. She was a university lecturer and wrote frequently on women's issues. When Nazi Germany... Read more
Margarethe Dessoff
b. 1874, Vienna; d. 1944, Locarno, SwitzerlandMargarethe Dessoff came from a musical family; her father was a conductor in Frankfurt, Germany. After World War I, Dessoff moved to New York where, in 1924, with Angela Diller... Read more
Helene Kottauer
b. circa 1400, Ödenburg, Austria; d. after 1440, location uncertainThe correct spelling of this name is HELENE KOTTANNER.
Helene Kottanner, author of the oldest memoir by a woman in the German language, was a chambermaid to Queen Elizabeth... Read more
Maria Theresa
b. 1717, Vienna; d. 1780, ViennaArchduchess of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (1740–80), Maria Theresa succeeded to the Habsburg domain and the title of Holy Roman empress in 1740. The early years of... Read more
Adelheip Popp
b. 1869, Vienna; d. 1939, ViennaAdelheid Popp, a leader in the Viennese women’s movement, was motivated by socialist ideals, serving the movement as a journalist and politician. From the age of eight, she worked for... Read more
Maria Theresia von Paradis
b. 1759, Vienna; d. 1824, ViennaBlind from a very early age, Maria Theresia von Paradis played piano and worked as a composer in her hometown of Vienna, where Mozart wrote a piano concerto for her.... Read more
Bertha von Suttner
b. 1843, Prague; d. 1914, ViennaAustrian novelist and committed pacifist Bertha von Suttner wrote her most influential novel, Die Waffen nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms), in 1899. She founded the Austrian Peace Society in 1891... Read more
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