Graf was born on 24 February 1873 in Capodistria (Koper), Slovenia.[1] She worked as a domestic maid in Leoben, Styria, Austria as a young woman, before moving to Amstetten with her husband around 1900.[2]
Graf worked to established the Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria's (SAI) Women's Organization in Amstetten.[2] She was elected as a Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1919 to 1934,[1][3] serving during the First State Parliament, Second State Parliament and Third State Parliament.[4]
From 1926, Graf was chairwoman of the Lower Austrian Women's State Committee.[2] In 1928 she was part of the Austrian delegation to the Third International Women's Conference of the Social Democratic Party of Austria in Brussels, Belgium.[5] From 1931, she was a member of the Central Women's Committee.[2][5]
Graf died on 8 November 1936 in Amstetten, Lower Austria.[2]