Amazing woman! She was also a prolific writer; she penned 30 novels and an autobiography, the latter of which can still by purchased today. And she is part of a #ASpecialSisterhood of writers and social changers now and from history who never had children : )
Laura Carroll
Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905.
She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." Born #OTD in 1843. #booksky
