Bertha von Suttner

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Bertha von Suttner (Bertha Félicie Sophie Gräfin, Freifrau ("Baroness") von Suttner, Countess Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau. Pseudonym Bertha Oulot.

Most known for her novel Die Waffen nieder! (1889; transl. "Lay Down Your Arms!"), which was an international sensation for its pacifism. Her pacifism arose from her free-thought rationality, and led her into significant activisim. She founded an Austrian pacifist organization, a pacifist journal Die Waffen nieder!, and was a significant influence on Alfred Nobel, leading him to establish the peace prize in its will — of which she was the first woman to win.

Biographies

  • Ellen K.S. Key, Florence Nightingale und Baroness von Suttner (1919)
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