 Born in Kassa, Hungary, in 1884, at a young age Margit and her parents left to live in the United States for a brief period.upon their return to Hungary, Margit trained at a Catholic school in Budapest as a French and German language teacher.A champion of human rights, she formed the Union of Catholic Women, an organization to promote the female franchise in Hungary, and in 1920 became the first woman to be elected to the Hungarian diet.