"After the verb 'love', 'help' is the most beautiful verb in the world" she will typically say. Child of a poor family, in order to be able to live together with her husband, they write articles in magazines and newspapers. Bertha begins to realize that a society can only move forward through peace.

In 1889 she writes the book “Die Waffen Nieder!” (Down with the weapons!), which is translated into almost all European languages ​​and marks the birth of the International Peace Movement.

She believes that the word "treaty" seems to promise peace, but many times international treaties only work through violations, so that one party accuses the other of "treaty violation" and starts a war under the pretext of defending violated rights. She was Alfred Nobel's secretary and is considered to have influenced him in the decision to include the Peace Prize along with the rest he instituted in his will.

In 1905 she became the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize for her anti-war action. Austria will honor her by putting her image on the Austrian 2 euro coin.