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Gabriele Proft
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In office
1920?1930
1930?1934
1945?1953
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In office
1919?1920
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Born
| 20 February 1879
Troppau
, Austria-Hungary
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Died
| 6 April 1971
(1971-04-06)
(aged 92)
Bad Ischl
, Austria
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Gabriele Proft
(20 February 1879 ? 6 April 1971) was an
Austrian
journalist, writer and politician. In 1919 she was one of eight women elected to the Constituent Assembly, becoming the country's first female parliamentarians. She remained in parliament until 1934, when she was arrested and imprisoned following the
Austrian Civil War
. After
World War II
she was elected to parliament again, serving until 1953.
Biography
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Proft was born in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (now
Opava
,
Czech Republic
) in 1879.
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She moved to Vienna aged 17, initially working as a housemaid. She became a journalist and writer. She also became involved in politics, becoming central secretary of the
Social Democratic Party
(SdP) women's organisation in 1909.
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She briefly served as a member of Vienna City Council in 1918. The following year she was a SdP candidate in the
Constituent Assembly elections
and was one of eight women elected, becoming Austria's first female parliamentarians.
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She was re-elected in
1920
,
1923
,
1927
and
1930
.
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Following the
Austrian Civil War
in 1934, she was imprisoned. She was later jailed again from 1944 to 1945.
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After
World War II
Proft became deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party and chair of its women's section. She contested the
November 1945 elections
and returned to the National Council. She was re-elected in
1949
, serving until the
1953 elections
. She remained deputy leader of the party and chair of the women's section until 1959.
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