First in Austria! Election of the first woman-deputy Božena Viková-Kunětická in 1912. Contribution to the development of election law and election patterns in the Czech Lands in the 19th and 20th centuries
2007
Abstract
The study is dedicated to the election of the first woman in central and western Europe, B. Viková-Kunětická, to a legislative body (1912).
On the basis of extensive archives research and analysis of period newspapers the author describes the complex process of pushing her nomination through across political parties and among predominantly male electorate.