Emmy Freundlich

Overview

Emmy Freundlich (née Emma Kögler) born Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic June 25, 1878 (d. 1948). Austrian Social Democratic politician. Pacifist; suffragist; leader of cooperative movement. Member of Austrian National Assembly, 1919-20. Delegate and vice president, World Economic Conference, Geneva, 1927. Only woman to serve on League of Nations Economics Committee, 1928. Arrested during government crackdown on socialists, 1934; exiled, 1939. Co-founded Austrian Committee for Relief and Reconstruction, 1943. Opposed World War I.

Quotations

"Housewives denied the ballot, the shopping bag should and can be your ballot." (1913, in Andrea Ellmeier, “Frauenpolitik”; photo tagescalendaar.com)