Lola Solar

Lola Solar (born May 13, 1904 in Brunn am Gebirge ; † May 20, 1989 in Mödling ) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

After completing elementary and community school, Lola Solar attended a ceramics class at an arts and crafts school, then a teacher training college (Matura 1926). In 1932 she passed the teaching qualification test for teaching at secondary schools, and in 1933 she got a job in Göpfritz an der Wild . After the annexation of Austria, she was relieved of school service in April 1938 due to her involvement in the Fatherland Front . In autumn 1938 she was hired again and worked as a teacher in Hainburg an der Donau until 1945. She later worked as principal school director in Mödling.

She was politically active in the Catholic Youth , the Catholic Action . After the Second World War, from 1945 to 1970 she worked as the Lower Austrian regional leader of the Austrian women's movement , in 1950 she became the federal director of the Austrian women's movement. From 1949 to 1970 she was a member of the Austrian National Council . She was the executive chairwoman of the Austrian Welfare Service . In 1953, on her initiative, the first congress of Christian-democratic women in Europe took place in Salzburg . From this the European Women's Union developed , of which Solar was chairman from 1955 to 1959; In 1961 she was elected honorary chairman of the European Women's Union with a seat and vote on the board for life. She was federal party leader deputy of the ÖVP. In 1969 she founded the " Austrian Women's Ring " with Hertha Firnberg and others .

Web links

• Lola Solar on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Archive recordings with Lola Solar in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (parliamentary debates)
• Traces of women in Mödling by Gabriele Schätzle-Edelbauer, Sylvia Unterrader, Raphaela Edelbauer , Lena Treitler