Bertha von Suttner, first female to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Saturday - June 9, 2018 3:09 pm ,
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June 9 (WTN)- Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner was an Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905 she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate.
Baroness Bertha von Suttner, the first woman to be awarded the Peace Prize, wrote one of the nineteenth century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms" (1889). The title was provocative to many, but the anti-militaristic message caught on. In the 1870s she became a close friend of Alfred Nobel's, and they corresponded for years on the subject of peace. The Peace Prize Laureate became one of the leaders of the international peace movement, and in 1891 established the Austrian Peace Society. At the male-dominated peace congresses she stood out as a liberal and forceful leader. At the beginning of the new century she was referred to as the "generalissimo of the peace movement".
There is little doubt that von Suttner's friendship with Alfred Nobel had an impact on the contents of his will, and many give her the credit for his establishment of a peace prize. "Inform me, convince me, and then I will do something great for the movement", Alfred Nobel said to Bertha von Suttner.
Reference- NobelPrize.org
#OTD 175 years ago a pioneering peace activist was born: Bertha von Suttner.
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) June 9, 2018
She was the first woman to be awarded the #NobelPeacePrize (in fact, she's credited as the inspiration behind the very creation of the prize) and became the second female laureate after Marie Curie. pic.twitter.com/vSBigAs186
Baroness Bertha von Suttner, the first woman to be awarded the Peace Prize, wrote one of the nineteenth century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms" (1889). The title was provocative to many, but the anti-militaristic message caught on. In the 1870s she became a close friend of Alfred Nobel's, and they corresponded for years on the subject of peace. The Peace Prize Laureate became one of the leaders of the international peace movement, and in 1891 established the Austrian Peace Society. At the male-dominated peace congresses she stood out as a liberal and forceful leader. At the beginning of the new century she was referred to as the "generalissimo of the peace movement".
There is little doubt that von Suttner's friendship with Alfred Nobel had an impact on the contents of his will, and many give her the credit for his establishment of a peace prize. "Inform me, convince me, and then I will do something great for the movement", Alfred Nobel said to Bertha von Suttner.
Reference- NobelPrize.org
