Adelheid Popp

Overview

Adelheid Popp (née Dworschak) born Inzersdorf, Vienna, Austria February 11, 1869 (d. 1939). Austrian feminist; suffragist; journalist. Pacifist and socialist who opposed World War I. Led first Women’s Day protest against war, 1918. Member of Parliament, 1919-34.

Quotations

“War was the massacre of men, not for the defence of the frontier of one's country against a wicked, savage enemy, but in the interests of dynasties, dictated by greed of land or contrived by diplomatic intrigues.” (Autobiography of a Working Woman, 1912, p. 101; photo onb.ac.at)