Johanna Dohnal
Appearance
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Johanna Dohnal (14 February 1939 - 20 February 2010) was an Austrian politician and the first Austrian Minister for Women.[1][2]
Personal life
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Dohnal was born in Vienna on 14 February 1939 to a single mother.[2]
On 22 January 2010 she entered into a civil partnership with her long-standing partner Annemarie Aufreiter.[3]
She died on 20 February 2010, at her home in Grabern, Lower Austria and is commemorated in a grave of honor (German: Ehrengrab) in Vienna Central Cemetery.
Recognition
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Johanna Dohnal Platz in Vienna 6 was named in her honour in 2012.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]- Johanna Dohnal: ein politisches Lesebuch. Mandelbaum-Verlag. 2013. ISBN 9783854764076.
References
[edit]- ^ "Johanna Dohnal". Parlament. Republik Osterreich. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Johanna Dohnal". Frauen machen Geschichte. Renner Institut. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Biography: 1995-2010". Johanna Dohnal. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Johanna-Dohnal-Platz Benennung". Johanna Dohnal. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- Feigl, Susanne (2002). Was gehen mich seine Knöpfe an?: Johanna Dohnal, eine Biografie. Ueberreuter. ISBN 9783800038787.
- Erika Thurner, ed. (2008). Johanna Dohnal - Innensichten österreichischer Frauenpolitiken: Innsbrucker Vorlesungen. Tiroler Studien zu Geschichte und Politik. Studein Verlag. ISBN 9783706546362.
External links
[edit]- Official website (posthumous)
Categories:
- 1939 births
- 2010 deaths
- Women government ministers of Austria
- Government ministers of Austria
- Austrian LGBT politicians
- Politicians from Vienna
- Austrian people of Czech descent
- 20th-century Austrian women politicians
- 20th-century Austrian politicians
- Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery
- Austrian politician stubs