Adelheid Popp
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Adelheid Popp was an Austria
n feminist and socialist who worked as a journalist and politician.
Popp was the founder of the proletarian women's movement in Austria. As a working class child Adelheid Popp had to leave school after only three years schooling and go to work in a factory. She became involved in worker meetings, where she began to speak about the situation of the female workers. In 1889, she joined the Viennese Association for the Education of Working Women. She worked twelve hours daily in the factory and then in the evening studied socialist writings and wrote articles on the situation of female workers. At weekends she spoke at party meetings.
As a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party, she became editor-in-chief of the newly founded Arbeiterinnenzeitung ( Female Workers' Newspaper ) in 1892. She maintained correspondence with Friedrich Engels
and August Bebel
who held her in high regard.
In 1893, she organized the first strike of women garment workers in Vienna's history. After this she came to the attention of the secret police and was arrested several times and imprisoned.
In 1902 she created The Association of Social-Democratic Women and Girls . 1918 she was elected into the party executive committee.
In 1909, she published Die Jugendgeschichte einer Arbeiterin (The Autobiography of a Working Woman), in which she tried to show how gender and class had dominated and constrained her life.
This was followed by a study on domestic servants, Haussklavinnen (Domestic Slaves), published in 1912.
In 1919, she was elected as a member of Vienna's City Council and in the same year to the Austrian parliament, where she served until 1934. In addition she became a chairwoman of the Internationalen Womens' Committee (as a successor of Clara Zetkin
).
In government she pressed for a package of benefits for women such as maternity leave but without success.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n feminist and socialist who worked as a journalist and politician.
Popp was the founder of the proletarian women's movement in Austria. As a working class child Adelheid Popp had to leave school after only three years schooling and go to work in a factory. She became involved in worker meetings, where she began to speak about the situation of the female workers. In 1889, she joined the Viennese Association for the Education of Working Women. She worked twelve hours daily in the factory and then in the evening studied socialist writings and wrote articles on the situation of female workers. At weekends she spoke at party meetings.
As a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party, she became editor-in-chief of the newly founded Arbeiterinnenzeitung ( Female Workers' Newspaper ) in 1892. She maintained correspondence with Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
and August Bebel
August Bebel
Ferdinand August Bebel was a German Marxist politician, writer, and orator. He is best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.-Early years:...
who held her in high regard.
In 1893, she organized the first strike of women garment workers in Vienna's history. After this she came to the attention of the secret police and was arrested several times and imprisoned.
In 1902 she created The Association of Social-Democratic Women and Girls . 1918 she was elected into the party executive committee.
In 1909, she published Die Jugendgeschichte einer Arbeiterin (The Autobiography of a Working Woman), in which she tried to show how gender and class had dominated and constrained her life.
This was followed by a study on domestic servants, Haussklavinnen (Domestic Slaves), published in 1912.
In 1919, she was elected as a member of Vienna's City Council and in the same year to the Austrian parliament, where she served until 1934. In addition she became a chairwoman of the Internationalen Womens' Committee (as a successor of Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin
Clara Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and fighter for women's rights. In 1910, she organized the first International Women's Day....
).
In government she pressed for a package of benefits for women such as maternity leave but without success.
Works
- The Autobiography of a Working Woman, (published anonymously), Foreword by August BebelAugust BebelFerdinand August Bebel was a German Marxist politician, writer, and orator. He is best remembered as one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.-Early years:...
, published by Ernst Reinhardt, Munich 1909, new edition: DietzDietzDietz is a surname, and may refer to:* August Dietz , a philatelist, editor and publisher* Cyrus E. Dietz , Illinois Supreme Court Justice* Danny Dietz , United States Navy SEAL and recipient of the Navy Cross...
1983, ISBN 978-3-8012-3002-9 - Memories; From my Childhood and Girlhood Years. By Adelheid Popp, Stuttgart: Dietz 1915