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Wars, revolutions and continuing conflicts shaped European history in the first half of the twentieth century. Within this context, the article explores the life of Ilona Duczynska Polanyi, an Austro-Hungarian-Canadian socialist, engineer and later historian, and the process of her self-construction as a lifelong revolutionary within her autobiographical texts and ego documents. These sources allow a closer examination of women's dissident and resistent activities, ranging from anti-war strikes during the First World War, through engagement with the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919 to partici- pation in resistance to the Austro-fascist corporate state (Ständestaat) in the 1930s. Furthermore, Duczynska's theoretical and historical writings from the early 1920s to the 1970s rpresent a rare female voice in the contemporary debates on questions of political violence. ; Wars, revolutions and continuing conflicts shaped European history in the first half of the twentieth century. Within this context, the article explores the life of Ilona Duczynska Polanyi, an Austro-Hungarian-Canadian socialist, engineer and later historian, and the process of her self-construction as a lifelong revolutionary within her autobiographical texts and ego documents. These sources allow a closer examination of women's dissident and resistent activities, ranging from anti-war strikes during the First World War, through engagement with the Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919 to partici- pation in resistance to the Austro-fascist corporate state (Ständestaat) in the 1930s. Furthermore, Duczynska's theoretical and historical writings from the early 1920s to the 1970s rpresent a rare female voice in the contemporary debates on questions of political violence.

Diese frauen- und geschlechterhistorische Studie untersucht die Transformationsphase von der Habsburgermonarchie zur Ersten Republik unter einem neuen Blickwinkel. Sie fragt einerseits danach, wie sich Geschlecht auf die Art und Weise der Teilhabe von Frauen an der Österreichischen Revolution ausgewirkt hat. Andererseits macht sie Frauen als Akteurinnen sichtbar, die den Neubeginn durch die Republiksgründung dazu nutzten, für eine bessere Welt zu kämpfen. Die Autorin stellt die Hypothese auf, dass sich unser Verständnis der revolutionären Vorgänge und der Rätebewegung in Österreich maßgeblich verändert, wenn Frauen als Akteurinnen in den Blick genommen werden – was nicht zuletzt unsere Vorstellungen von Revolutionen insgesamt provoziert. This study on women's and gender history examines the period of transformation from the Habsburg Monarchy to the First Republic from a new perspective. On the one hand, it examines how gender affected the way women participated in the Austrian Revolution. On the other hand, it makes women visible as actors who used the new beginning through the founding of the Republic to fight for a better world. The hypothesis of the study is that our understanding of the revolutionary processes and the council movement in Austria changes significantly when women are considered as actors - which not least provokes our ideas of revolution as a whole.

This book examines the history of women s labour struggles in Central and Eastern Europe and beyond from a long-term and transregional perspective. The contributions collected here address various social movements, an array of agendas and repertoires of activism, as well as political alliances and conflicts