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Mayreder, Rosa geborene Obermayer
© Copyright Rosa Mayreder, photo 1928 Mayreder, Rosa (née Obermayer), b. Vienna, Nov. 30, 1858, d. Vienna, Jan. 19, 1938, women's rights advocate. At first a painter, founded the "Allgemeiner Österreichischer Frauenverein",1893 (General Austrian Women's Association) and chaired the "Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit" (Women's league for peace and freedom). Wrote philosophical essays about the women's problem, established a sociology of the sexes and was a friend and supporter of H. Wolf. Publications: Textbook for H. Wolf's Opera "Corregidor", 1895; novels, novellas, poems. - Zur Kritik der Weiblichkeit, 2 vols., 1905/1922; Die Frau und der Internationalismus, 1921; Geschlecht und Kultur, 1923; Mensch und Menschlichkeit, 1928; Der letzte Gott, 1932; Diaries 1873-1937, ed. by. H. Anderson, 1988. Literature: H. Bubeniček (ed.), R. M. oder Wider die Tyrannei der Norm, 1986; R. Witzmann (ed.), R. M. und der Feminismus in Wien um 1900, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1989; ÖBL.
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