Bertha von Suttner, the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, became a leading figure in the peace movement with the publication of her novel, Die Waffen nieder! ("Lay Down Your Arms!") in 1889 and founded an Austrian pacifist organization in 1891.
Bertha von Suttner the first woman to be a Nobel Peace Prize laureate became a leading figure in the peace movement with the publication of her novel Die Waffen nieder ("Lay Down Your Arms") in 1889 and founded an Austrian pacifist organization in 1891