Eleonora "Nora" Hiltl (21 June 1905 in

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– 2 January 1979 in Vienna) was a

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politician. Before that she had been an educator imprisoned during the

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period. After the war she was active on women's issues and received the

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for her Catholic work. Her sister Herta Pammer headed a Catholic women's organization in Austria.Austria Forum (German)
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Politicians from Vienna Austrian People's Party politicians Austrian Roman Catholics Recipients of the Benemerenti medal 20th-century Austrian women politicians Austrian educators Austrian women educators 1905 births 1979 deaths {{Austria-politician-stub