The Long Struggle to Open Austria’s Law Faculties to Women. From the First Woman Doctor of Law to the First Female Law Professor
The Long Struggle to Open Austria’s Law Faculties to Women. From the First Woman Doctor of Law to the First Female Law Professor

Summary/Abstract: The article outlines the hard road that led to the admission of women, first of all to the law degree, and then to academic careers at the university level in Austria. It also presents the arguments of those who advocated and opposed their admission. Taking into account contemporary literature and archival sources, the individual steps are shown – from the unsuccessful demands at the beginning of the 20th century, to the founding of a private women’s law academy 1917, to admission to law studies in 1919. It would take another few decades until 1958, when the first woman was appointed full professor at the Vienna Faculty of Law.

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