Gertrud Herzog-Hauser
Gertrud Herzog-Hauser (15 June 1894 – 9 October 1953) was an Austrian classical philologist. She was specialised in ancient mythology and religion as well as Latin literature and published Latin school textbooks.[1] She campaigned for equal rights for women in education.[2][3]
Gertrud Herzog-Hauser | |
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| Born | Gertrud Herzog 15 June 1894 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 9 October 1953 (aged 59) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Classical philologist |
| Employer(s) | University of Vienna Somerville College, Oxford |
| Spouse | |
Life
Herzog-Hauser was born in 1894 in Vienna and studied Classical Philology, German Studies and Philosophy in Vienna and Berlin, where she was taught by Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. On 22 December 1916 she gained her doctorate in Vienna where she was the student of Ludwig Radermacher.[4] In 1917 she took the Staatsexamen for teaching.
Herzog-Hauser worked as teacher at a girls' Gymnasium, the GRG 6 Rahlgasse in Mariahilf, from 1917 to 1937.[3] She also wrote entries for the Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. In 1922 she married the artist Carry Hauser. In 1932, she gave birth to a son named Heinrich.[2] In the same year, she became the first Austrian woman to gain a habilitation at university and she gave lectures at the University of Vienna.[5] In 1937 she became principal of the Gymnasium in Mariahilf.[2][5]
After the Anschluss, on 22 April 1938,[3] Herzog-Hauser lost her job as she was classified as a Jew by the Nazi Regime, even though she was Catholic.[1][3] Her husband also lost his job because of political reasons. In 1939, Herzog-Hauser and her husband emigrated to the Netherlands.[3] She then became a refugee scholar at Somerville College, Oxford where she stayed during the Second World War.[6]
In 1946, Herzog-Hauser emigrated to Switzerland and soon returned to the University of Vienna where she became a professor.[3][1] She also taught at a girls' Gymnasium in Hietzing called the Wenzgasse and worked together with the writer Käthe Braun-Prager as chair of the Vereins der Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen (Association of Woman Writers and Artists). Herzog-Hauser was Vienna's first university lecturer in classical languages and was offered a teaching position in Australia, which she turned down as her husband received the opportunity to go to Switzerland.[7] In 1950, she was offered a position at the University of Innsbruck[1] but she got a stroke and died three years later in Vienna.[2]
On 12 November 2009, the Gymnasium GRG 6 Rahlgasse dedicated a memorial plaque to her.[5]
Selected publications
- Altgriechische Liebesgedichte. Vienna, 1924.
- Publius Ovidius Naso: Ausgewählte Dichtungen. Vienna, 1928.
- Soter. Die Gestalt des Retters im altgriechischen Epos. Vienna, 1931.
- Octavia: Fabula praetexta. Vienna, 1934.
- Uit de Vrouwenbrieven van den H. Hieronymus. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1941.
- Antonius von Padua. Sein Leben und sein Werk. Lucerne, 1947.
- De Godsdienst der Grieken. Roermond, 1952.
- Die Frau in der griechisch-römischen Antik. 1954.
References
- Ilse Korotin (12 November 2009). "Gertrud Herzog-Hauser (1894-1953)". H-Soz-Kult. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Alois Pumhösel (12 March 2013). "Vertrieben, vergessen und zurückgekehrt" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Gertrud Herzog-Hauser" (in German). University of Vienna. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "PH RA 4252 Herzog, Gertrud, 1916.05.13-1916.11.30 (Akt)". scopeq.cc.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Gedenktafel Gertrud Herzog-Hauser". www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/ (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Anne Manuel (4 April 2014). "Refugees Scholars at Somerville". Somerville College, Oxford. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Oertzen 2014, p. 259.
Bibliography
- Wer ist wer in Österreich? Second edition. Vienna, 1953.
- Friedrich Wotke: Nachruf auf Gertrud Herzog-Hauser, in: Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft. Volume 7, 1954.
- Cornelia Wegeler: Altertumswissenschaft und Nationalsozialismus. Das Göttinger Institut für Altertumskunde 1921–1962. Vienna, 1996. ISBN 3-205-05212-9.
- Ilse Korotin and Heidi Schrodt: Gertrud Herzog-Hauser (1894–1953). Klassische Philologin, Universitätsdozentin und Schuldirektorin. Vienna, 2009. ISBN 978-3-7069-0581-7.
- Christine von Oertzen (2014). Science, Gender, and Internationalism: Women's Academic Networks, 1917-1955. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1215/18752160-3494390. ISBN 978-1-137-43890-4. S2CID 157520821.