Maria Ducia

Maria Ducia, b. Peychär (born on April 25, 1875 in Innsbruck ; died on May 15, 1959 there ) was a social democratic politician and co-founder of the women's movement in Tyrol .

Life

Maria Ducia grew up under difficult circumstances as the fourth of ten children of midwife Monika Peychär, nee. Neuner, and the master tailor Josef Peychär in Tyrol. At the age of 16 she left her family and worked in South Tyrol , Switzerland and Bavaria . In 1900 she returned to Tyrol as the mother of two illegitimate children. She now worked in Lienz and married the train driver Anton Ducia there in 1903, with whom she had four more children by 1907.

Maria Ducia came into contact with socialist ideas during her time in Lienz (unconfirmed sources according to earlier) and became increasingly politically active from 1910, although women were not allowed to do so in Austria at that time. She traveled to Tyrol as the founder and later chairwoman of the “Action Committee of the Free Political Women's Organization” to demand active and passive women's suffrage and to encourage other women to cooperate.

In 1912, together with others, she convened the first Tyrolean regional women’s conference. In the organization she became a member of the six-member state women's committee, state representative and from 1924 was the Tyrolean representative on the social democratic women's committee in Austria.

She was the first social democratic member of the Tyrolean state parliament; She worked there from 1919 to 1934 , with a break between 1926 and 1930. She took on internal party tasks; as secretary of the social democratic state parliament club and by 1933 at the latest as a member of the Tyrolean party executive, before her party ( SDAP ) was banned under Dollfuss after the Austrian civil war and her political work ended in 1934 .

Her theme throughout her life was injustice in society; so she fought against laws that discriminated against women, but she also criticized the capitalist system and the social advantages of the upper classes. She also campaigned for an expansion of social welfare. Ducia was known for her passionate, quick-witted, and intelligent speeches.

She thought education was crucial; In spite of the always tight money, she made sure that all of her children attended grammar school, which was subject to school fees (even if not up to the Matura) and that all children, including the girls, received vocational training.

She died in Innsbruck in 1959 and was buried in the Pradler cemetery .

Honors

• Between 2008 and 2013, the University of Innsbruck awarded the Maria Ducia Prize for theses in the field of women and gender studies. In 2017 the award was resumed.
• Maria-Ducia-Gasse west of Landhaus 2 in Innsbruck has been named after her since 2011 .

literature

• Greussig, Kurt (Ed.): Die Roten im Land, Steyr 1989.
• Hinter, Heidi (Ed.): Women of the Border, Innsbruck; Vienna, 2009.
• Hofmann Rainer et al. (Ed.): Social Democracy in Tyrol, Innsbruck; Vienna 2003.
• Schreiber, Horst / Ingrid Tschugg / Alexandra Weiss (eds.): Women in Tirol. Pioneers in politics, economy, literature, music, art and science, Innsbruck; Vienna, 2003.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Maria Ducia. In: www.fembio.org. Retrieved December 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Who knows Maria Ducia? In: www.ruthlinhart.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} blikk then: women 2. In: www.blikk.it. Retrieved December 19, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Grave visit on November 1st , Tyrolean Association of Social Democratic Freedom Fighters, Victims of Fascism and Active Anti-Fascists
5. ^ University of Innsbruck, Office for Equal Opportunities and Gender Studies: Maria Ducia Women's Research Award. Retrieved April 3, 2018
6. ↑ Josefine Justic: Innsbruckerstraße name. Where do they come from and what they mean . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-7022-3213-9 , p. 93-94 .
7. ↑ Mag. Gerhard Moser, [e-mail]: Women in Tyrol: Michael-Gaismair-Gesellschaft. Retrieved April 3, 2018 .