Marianne Beth
Marianne Beth , b. Weisl, (born March 6, 1890 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † August 19, 1984 in New York ) was an Austrian American legal scholar, sociologist and suffragette.
Life
Marianne Weisl was the daughter of the ennobled Ernst Franz von Weisl and had the Mosaic faith . In 1906 she married the Berlin religious scholar Karl Beth and converted to the Protestant faith in 1911.
After taking private lessons, she graduated from a boys' grammar school in Vienna. Since she was not allowed to study law as a woman, she first studied Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna and became Dr. phil. After the First World War , she studied law from 1919 and was the first Austrian to receive her doctorate in 1921. jur.
From 1928 she worked as a lawyer.
She belonged to several women's organizations. In 1929 she was a founding member of Soroptimist Austria .
In 1931 she wrote the handbook The Right of Women .
In 1938 she was divorced from Karl Beth. After she was deleted from the list of lawyers as a converted Jew in December 1938, she fled to the USA that same month. From 1939 to 1942 she taught sociology and German at Reed College in Portland (Oregon) .
From 1955 she worked at the Universal Translation Bureau in Chicago and then switched to the oil industry.
Fonts
- [Autobiography], in: Elga Kern (Hrsg.): Leading women in Europe . [In 16 self-descriptions]. Munich: E. Reinhardt, 1928, pp. 94-115
literature
- M. Röwekamp: Beth, Marianne . In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 . 2nd revised edition (online only).
- Ilse Reiter-Zatloukal and Barbara Sauer: The pioneers of the Austrian legal profession. In: Österreichisches Anwaltsblatt , 2013/03, pp. 109–112.
- Hartmut Ludwig and Eberhard Röhm : Baptized Evangelically - persecuted as "Jews" . Calver Verlag Stuttgart 2014 pp. 54–55
- Edith Leisch-Prost: Beth, Marianne. In: Brigitta Keintzel, Ilse Korotin (ed.): Scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2002, ISBN 3-205-99467-1 , pp. 63–64.
Web links
- Literature by and about Marianne Beth in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marianne Beth in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
- University of Graz: Austrian sociologists in exile
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://wien1.soroptimist.at/ueberunsdet.asp?art=G accessed on October 14, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beth, Marianne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weisl, Marianne (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American legal scholar, sociologist and women's rights activist of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1984 |
| Place of death | New York City |