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Helene von Druskowitz and the Position of Women in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

The lecture will consist of two parts: in the first part we will give the outline of life and philosophy of Helene von Druskowitz (1856 – 1918). In I878 she was promoted with a thesis /Don Juan in Lord Byron/ which made her the second German-speaking women to receive a PhD title. Throughout her life she developed ever more radical form of feminism which culminated with her book /Der Mann als logische und sittliche Unmöglichkeit und als Fluch der Welt. Pessimistische Kardinalsätze/, published in 1905. We will also concentrate on her sharp criticism of religion which shows similarities with another fighter for emancipation of women in the Austro-Hunagarian Monarchy, the Slovenian- born writer and journalist – Zofka Kveder (1878 – 1926). In the second we will show the position of women in the Austro-Hunagarian Monarchy exemplified by the comparison between Zofka Kveder and Helene von Druskowitz.

Helene von Druskowitz; Zofka Kveder; Women in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

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