Anna Boschek
Anna Boschek (born May 14, 1874 in Vienna ; † November 19, 1957 ibid) was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP).
job
After the death of her father, a railway fitter, Anna Boschek had to drop out of school at the age of 9 and start working. Among other things, she worked as a homeworker, had jobs in a bead blowing workshop in an electroplating workshop and in a harmonica factory . She broke off her apprenticeship in a Chinese silver factory due to a severe eye condition . Later she also worked as a factory worker. In 1891 she was a winder in the Ottakringer jersey factory. From 1894 she was a union employee.
Private
Anna Boschek's guardian until she came of age, but also her political mentor , was Anton Hueber , the chairman and secretary of the Austrian trade union commission. She remained single until her death.
Political functions
Among other things, from 1890 she was the first woman on the party executive committee of the SDAP, was a member of the textile workers 'union in 1891 and joined the social democratic workers' education association. She was chairwoman of the women's section in the Federation of Free Trade Unions and was a member of the Vienna City Council from 1918 to 1920 . From March 4, 1919 to November 9, 1920 she was a member of the Constituent National Assembly and from November 10, 1920 to February 17, 1934 she was a member of the National Council .
Anna Boschek was arrested on February 17, 1934 and spent seven weeks in the police prison on the Elisabethpromenade (today: Rossauer Lände). After she was released, she was under police supervision. She resigned from her political functions in 1945 for health reasons, but remained active in a section of the SPÖ in the 15th Viennese district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus . She made her last appearance at the International Socialist Women's Conference in Vienna in 1957.
Other functions
She was a member of the management of the social democratic workers' education association, manager of the Reich Women's Committee and in 1919 also a member of the women's commission of the International Labor Office.
Honors
The “ Anna Boschek Apprentice Girls Home ” at Plößlgasse 2 / Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 20-22 , built between 1957 and 1959, was named after Anna Boschek . The building was demolished in 2007 as part of the renovation of the Chamber of Labor . In 2009 an urban residential complex at Davidgasse 78, which was built between 1953 and 1956, was named Anna-Boschek-Hof . In 2017 the Anna-Boschek-Platz in Floridsdorf was named after her.
estate
A small collection can be found in the Vienna Library , another is held by the Association for the History of the Workers' Movement.
Web links
- Anna Boschek on the website of the Austrian Parliament
- Literature by and about Anna Boschek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Anna Boschek - short biography
- Anna Boschek in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
- From days gone by. In: Memorial Book. 20 years of the Austrian workers' movement . Published by Adelheid Popp on behalf of the Women's Reich Committee. Vienna 1912, pp. 89-102. on-line
- Anna Boschek in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna Boschek's estate . Vienna library in the town hall. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ↑ List of personal (partial) estates . Association for the history of the workers' movement. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boschek, Anna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the National Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1957 |
| Place of death | Vienna |