Martha R. Tausk-Frisch Papers

Period 1901-1957
Total size   1 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born as Martha Frisch in Vienna, Austria 1881, died in Nijmegen, the Netherlands 1957; because of her mother (executive member of the Allgemeine Österreichische Frauenverein) soon involved in the labour movement and the women's movement; member of the Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei in Österreich (SDAP) from 1911; after the First World War SDAP secretary in Steiermark; member of the Landtag of Steiermark 1920-1927 and soon also a member of the Austrian Bundesrat; cooperated with Friedrich Adler as International Women's Secretary of the Labour and Socialist International (LSI/SAI) in Zurich 1928-1934; editor of Frauenrecht in Switzerland; returned to Austria in 1935; expelled by the GESTAPO in 1939; emigrated to the Netherlands to join her son.

Content

Correspondence with Emma Adler-Braun 1929-1933 and n.d., Friedrich Adler 1914, 1921, 1928-1934, 1945-1955, Angelica Balabanoff 1928, 1946-1956, Herta Gotthelf 1950-1951, Luise Kautsky 1933, 1944, Marie Kunert 1933-1951 and n.d., Otto Neurath 1934-1935, 1947-1948 and n.d., Ernst Papanek 1934, 1946, Marianne Pollak (Die Frau) 1929, 1931, 1945-1951, Gabriele Proft 1947-1956, Mathilde Wibaut 1948-1951 and others; correspondence with her brother Justinian Frisch, her sons and other family members 1906-1957; correspondence and press clippings following her death 1957; other personal documents 1923-1948; manuscripts and typescripts of articles 1928-1952, short stories 1910, 1930 and n.d., autobiographical sketches 1941, 1952 and n.d. and other manuscripts and typescripts 1898-1955; documents on the SDP Steiermark 1918-1927, documents on Frauenrecht of the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Internationale 1928-1934, documents on the ‘Oostenrijks Comitée tot behartiging der belangen van Oostenrijkers in Nederland’ 1945-1948; a file on the disbandment of the Ortsgruppe Graz der Internationalen Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit in Österreich 1936; printed articles, short stories and poems by Martha Tausk 1910-1950; printed articles on Martha Tausk; newspaper clippings and other documentation 1901-1950.

Processing information

Inventory made by Tiny de Boer in 2009.