David F. Good is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota.

"... the text's greatest strength [is] having compiled essays in history, political sciences, and gender studies. The diversity of the contributions is truly impressive ... a selection of very fine and engaging essays ... [it] provides a wealth of historical information increasingly needed for cultural and literary inquiries ... allows the reader to select up-to-date scholarship..., to have statistics and historical summaries available for classroom use, and to obtain important references for an in-depth examination."  · Women in German"... provides information about a group still on the margins of academic discourse to an English-speaking audience. In addition, valuable bibliographic information follows each essay."  · The German Quarterly

• List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceIntroductionEve Nyaradi DvorakPART I: GENDER AND POLITICSChapter 1. The Gendered Politics of German Nationalism in Austria, 1880-1900Pieter M. JudsonChapter 2. The Limits of Female Desire: The Contributions of Austrian Feminists to the Sexual Debate in Fin-de-Siècle ViennaKarin J. JusekChapter 3. Female Education in German-Speaking Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 1866-1914James C. AlbisettiChapter 4. Women in Austrian Politics, 1890-1934: Goals and VisionsBirgitta Bada-ZaarChapter 5. Women in the Austrian Parliament: Opportunities and BarriersGerda NeyerPART II: WOMEN AND WORKChapter 6. The Gendering of the Service Sector in Austria at the End of the Nineteenth CenturyErna AppeltChapter 7. Women and their Work in the Labor Market and in the HouseholdGudrun BifflChapter 8. Femininity and Professionalism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Ambition in Female Academics and Managers in AustriaGertraud Diem-WillePART III: FEMALE IDENTITIESChapter 9. The Discourse on Female Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century AustriaMarie-Luise AngererChapter 10. Representations of the Beginning: Shaping Gender Identities in Written Life Stories of Women and MenMonika BernoldChapter 11. War and Gender Identity: The Experience of Austrian Women, 1945-1950Irene Bandhauer-Schöffmann and Ela HornungThe Contributors