Women in the shadows
Subtitle: Mileva Einstein-Marić, Margarete Jeanne Trakl, Lise Meitner, Milena Jesenská, and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
By: Charles S. Chiu ; introduction and translation by Edith Borchardt.
Series: Austrian culture -- v. 40
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780820488561
Subjects: Women -- Europe, German-speaking -- Biography; Europe, German-speaking -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Frauen im Schatten.
Description: "Women in the Shadows discusses the biographies of five brilliant and talented women born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Mileva Einstein-Maric, Margarete Jeanne Trakl, Lise Meitner, Milena Jesenska, and Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Charles S. Chiu creates "a narrative against forgetting, as a small step out of darkness" by writing about these women's accomplishments, which were overshadowed by those of the famous men in their lives. Edith Borchardt's translation brings this narrative to a wider audience." "Women in the Shadows will interest scientists and scholars in the humanities as well as the general reader. The women portrayed represent various fields - mathematics, physics, music and literature, journalism, and architecture - making Women in the Shadows suitable for courses on the history of science, German and Austrian studies, as well as women's studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.