Marianne Hainisch

Marianne Hainisch (born Perger; * March 25, 1839 Baden (Lower Austria ); † May 5, 1936 Vienna) was the founder and leader of the women's movement in Austria and the mother of Michael Hainisch.

Life

1870 called for the establishment of Hainisch Realgymnasien for girls and the admission of women to higher education. She founded out of private funds a sechsklassiges Lyceum, which received 1891 public law. 1892, the first school for girls was established in German-speaking countries. The first class of girls was set up in the premises of the school in Hegelgasse 12. 1910 moved the school to Rahlgasse building 4 In 1902, the federal government established Hainisch Austrian Women's Associations, whose president she was until 1918. In 1909 she was elected Vice President of the Women's Federation. Before the first world war she worked for the welfare and in the peace movement with Bertha von Suttner, after her death in 1914 she took over the management of the Peace Commission in the covenant of Austrian Women's Associations.

Under the leadership of Hainisch the Austrian Women's Party was founded in 1929, which is designed to enable women to exercise their right to vote at last, their just demands to enforce.

It is regarded as the initiator of Mother's Day in Austria, which is celebrated in Austria since 1924.

In 2002 in Vienna Landstrasse (3rd district) was named the Marianne - Hainisch Alley after her.

Works

• On the issue of women's education, Paper presented at the third General Assembly of the Vienna Women's acquisition - club, 1870, full text online.
• The Brodfrage the woman, 1875, full text online.
• A mother's word about the woman question; Lecture, held on Feb 1, 1892 in Vienna " club for advanced education for women ", 1892, full text online.
• Women's Work, 1911, full text online.
• The mothers, 1913, full text online.
• The book of the house. Modern information work for all members of the household, 1932.