bertha von suttner

The novelist and  pacifist  who became the first woman to receive the nobel peace prize  aristocratic beginning born counted kinky  in 1843 bertha was working in vienna  austria when she fell in love with family disapproval she moved to paris france and worked as a secretary  for swedish  inventor arthur nobel for a short time returning to vienna later she and von suttner eloped russia von sutler novel lay down your arms dab sutter was  an early campaigner for peace and humanitarian issues and many of her ideas influenced the united nations. After seeing  the dreadful consequences of the russo  turkic war von sutler wrote her hugely successful antiwar  novel lay down your  arms Devoting her life to pacifism  she lectured and traveled  widely Before he died arthur nobel left the  majority of his wealth to a committee that would award prizes for excellence. Many believe  his contact with von suttners work convinced him to include a nobel prize fro peace which she won in 1905.  I was the  only woman admitted to  the opening ceremony of the first hague peace conference in 1899.