Today is the birthday of Bertha Felicitas Sophie von Suttner (June 9, 1843 - June 21, 1914), novelist. She was the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate."Bertha von Suttner was a leading figure in the growing peace movement at the end of the nineteenth century in Europe. Suttner used her literary talents to produce the 1889 political novel Die Waffen nieder, or Lay Down Your Arms; a call for disarmament, the book became a best-seller and was translated into a number of languages. The activist also promoted world peace by helping to organize the first Hague Peace Conference and encouraging her friend, Alfred Nobel, to create the internationally respected Nobel Peace Prize. Her many activities helped to remove the labels of 'utopians' and unrealistic 'idealists' from those involved in peace activism by gaining the support of respected world leaders and intellectuals for the movement." direct quote source (1)
"After the verb to Love, to Help is the most beautiful verb in the world." - Bertha von Suttner
"Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it." - Bertha von Suttner
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