Rosa Obermayer Mayreder

Overview

Rosa Obermayer Mayreder born Vienna, Austria November 30, 1858 (d. 1938). Feminist; musician and artist; opposed World War I; first chairperson of WILPF, 1919.

Quotations

"General military service, as it exists on the continent of Europe, is the worst form of slavery with which a free humanity has ever been burdened. Through it, all men become the bondmen of their State." (Survey of the Woman Problem, 1913, p. 102; photo Ariadne Projekt)