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, 18 Apr 1905, Baroness Bertha von Suttner becomes the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism.

As well as writing an influential novel, Lay Down Your Arms (1889), she founded the German Peace Society in 1892. In 1907 she was the only woman to attend the Second Hague Peace Convention, and warned that Europe was heading for war once again.

photo of Baroness Bertha von Suttner. She is a white woman with light hair, wearing what looks like Victorian mourning clothes.
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Apr 18, 2024, 08:00 AM·Public·Fedica
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