This volume, the first of its kind in English, brings together scholars from different disciplines who address the history of women in Austria, as well as their

The position of women in Austrian society, politics, and in the economy follows the familiar trajectory of Western societies. They were expected to accept their

This volume analyzes how higher education responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels i

At the end of the nineteenth century, Austro-Hungarian society was undergoing a significant re-evaluation of gender roles and identities. Debates on these issue