!!!Hainisch, Marianne geborene Perger

Hainisch, Marianne (nee Perger), b. Baden (Lower Austria), March 25, 1839, 
d. Vienna, May 5, 1936, founder and leader of the Austrian women's 
movement, mother of Michael  Hainisch; 1870 demanded the establishment 
of a form of Austrian secondary school for girls specialising in 
natural sciences, the "Realgymnasium", and women's right to higher 
education; 1902 founded the "Union of Austrian Women's Associations" 
which by 1914 consisted of 90 associations and of which she was 
chairwoman until 1918. After World War I she dedicated herself to 
welfare work and became a member of the peace movement. After the 
death of B. von  Suttner in 1914 H. succeeded her as head of the peace 
commission in the Union of Austrian Women's Associations. Initiated 
"Mother's Day" (celebrated in Austria since 1924).

!Works
Zur Frage des Frauenunterrichts, 1870; Die Mutter, 1913.

!Literature
H. Laessig, M. H. und die oesterreichische 
Frauenbewegung, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1949; L. Perger (publisher), 
Begegnung mit M. H., 1986; NDB.



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