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150th Birthday of Marianne Hainisch
Marianne Hainisch ranks among the great female figures of the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. She was born on March 25, 1839 in Baden near Vienna. The Austrian Women's Movement was founded on her initiative and is inseparably bound to the personal life of this remarkable and highly-gifted woman, who is also the mother of the first Austrian National President (1920-1928) Dr. Michael Hainisch. Approval to construct a grammar school for girls on March 12, 1870 marks the birth of the Austrian Women's Movement, which came about due to Marianne Hainisch's initiative. The following decades were characterized by the committed struggle against old societal structures with the goal of transforming those which discriminated against women into those more favorable to women. The founding General Assembly of Austrian National Women's Organizations took place on May 5, 1902, and was attended by 13 women's organizations. Its first president was Marianne Hainisch. The eminent fighter for women's rights died on May 5, 1936.
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