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Burjan, Hildegard geborene Freund
© Copyright Hildegard Burjan, photo, around 1925 Burjan, Hildegard (née Freund), b. Gorlice, Poland (then Görlitz, Germany), Jan. 30, 1883, d. Vienna, June 11, 1933, Christian social reformer and politician, 1919/20 first Christian Socialist member of the Constituent National Assembly, founder of the Caritas Socialis charity for women, organiser of the Christian homeworkers´ society, re-established the Travellers' Aid Society, initiator of the St. Elisabeth soup kitchens and of the Seipel-Dollfuß Memorial Church in the 15th district of Vienna. Literature: I. Schödl, Männerwelten - Frauenwerke, 1991; M. Kronthaler, Die Frauenfrage als treibende Kraft, 1994; I. Schödl (ed.), Hoffnung hat einen Namen. Hildegard Burjan und die Caritas Socialis, 1995. I. Schödl, Zwischen Politik und Kirche - H. B., 2000.
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