Hertha Firnberg und die Wissenschaftspolitik

Eine biografische Annäherung

By (author) Maria Wirth

Book cover: Hertha Firnberg und die Wissenschaftspolitik

Extent: 241 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Social Sciences 

Series: Zeitgeschichte im Kontext

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(September 2023)

ISBN: 9783847116219

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $69.00

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Hertha Firnberg (1909-1994) war die zweite Ministerin in Osterreich und jene Politikerin, die 1970 ein eigenstandiges Wissenschaftsministerium aufbaute, das sie wahrend der gesamten Ara Kreisky bis 1983 leitete.


Hertha Firnberg (1909-1994) was the second female minister in Austria and the politician who established an independent Ministry of Science in 1970, which she headed throughout the whole Kreisky era until 1983. Maria Wirth’s study focuses on Hertha Firnberg as a central player in Austrian science policy. She illuminates Firnberg’s biography and her activities as a science politician with a focus on university and research policy as well as the situation of girls and women in the educational system and situates both in the context of contemporary history. Educational, university, and research policies in the 20th century are given a great deal of attention, both in terms of Firnberg’s life and beyond her biography.

Maria Wirth ist Senior Research Fellow am Institut für Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien.

  • By (author) Maria Wirth