Helene Migerka

Helene Migerka (born September 13, 1867 in Brno , † March 26, 1928 in Graz ) was an Austrian writer and belonged to the women's movement .

Life

Helene Migerka, daughter of the skilled tradesman Franz Migerka and the social worker and writer Katharina Migerka , lived in Graz from 1915 with her mother and sister . After her mother's death, she fell into melancholy and died of suicide.

Work and action

Helene Migerka campaigned for equal rights for women in the Vienna women's movement. For many years she was on the board of the association of writers and artists in Vienna and was involved in the development of the association "Wit" of federal civil servants' widows and orphans in Graz and in the "Aktion Fest der Treue" to honor old housemaids. She wrote satirical poems and feature articles for the future , Universum , Berlin Latest News , Frauenleben , Dioscuren , Allgemeine Kunst-Chronik and others.

Publications

Poems . Szelinski, Vienna 1889, OBV .
New poems . Wiegand, Leipzig 1895, OBV .
The happiness of the ugly and other sketches and satires . Reclams Universal Library, Volume 5598, ZDB ID 134899-1 . Reclam, Leipzig 1913, DNB . (award-winning).
The new broom. Humorous . Kurzweil-Büchel, Volume 9, ZDB -ID 2648668-4 . Reclam, Leipzig 1920, DNB .

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg , Richard Groner : The spiritual Vienna. Lexicon of artists and writers. Communications about Viennese architects, sculptors, stage artists, graphic artists, journalists, painters, musicians and writers . Daberkow, Vienna 1889–1893, OBV .
Marianne Nigg: Biographies of Austrian Poets and Writers. A contribution to German literature in Austria. Kühkopf, Korneuburg 1893, OBV , p. 38.
Migerka, Miss Helene . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 47 ( digitized version ).
Hermann Clemens Kosel: German-Austrian artists and writers lexicon . Volume 1: Paul Gustav Rheinhardt (Red.): Biographies of Viennese artists and writers . Society for the graphic industry, Vienna 1902, OBV .
Emilie Mataja : My friend Helene Migerka . In: Neues Wiener Journal. March 31, 1928, p. 6.
Dora Stockert-Meynert : Small Chronicle. (...) Helene Migerka. In: Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 22824/1928, March 31, 1928, p. 5, bottom center. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp.
Lexicon of women in two volumes. Volume 2: I - Z . Encyclios-Verlag, Zurich 1954, OBV .
M. Fichna: Migerka Helene. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 274.
Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 .

Web links

Helene Migerka in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
Entry on Helene Migerka in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )

Individual evidence

↑ Olga Rudel-Zeynek : In memoriam Helene Migerka . In: The Austrian. Magazine for all women's interests . No. 5/1928 (Volume I), p. 8. (Online at ALO ).

personal data
SURNAME	Migerka, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer and women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 13, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brno
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1928
Place of death	Graz

[1] Olga Rudel-Zeynek : In memoriam Helene Migerka . In: The Austrian. Magazine for all women's interests . No. 5/1928 (Volume I), p. 8. (Online at ALO ).