Ulrike Gschwandtner
Ulrike Gschwandtner (born July 20, 1965 in Werfen , Salzburg ; † July 3, 2007 at Gasherbrum II , Pakistan ) was an Austrian social scientist .
Life
Gschwandtner has been involved in women's research and promotion since the late 1980s. In 1996 she founded the Institute Solution Social Research & Development together with Birgit Buchinger . In 2001 she was awarded the Social Policy Prize for the 21st Century from the Austrian Academy of Sciences . She was part of a film portrait about the climbing pioneer and architect Helma Schimke .
Gschwandtner had experience as a high alpinist a. a. collected during the ascent of Lenin Peak (7,143 m) and Denali (6,194 m), the highest mountain in the USA. On the way to her first eight-thousander, the Gasherbrum II , she died unexpectedly during the expedition in Pakistan ; she was found dead in her tent at base camp. According to mountain climbers, she died of cardiovascular failure.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ulrike Gschwandtner in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gschwandtner, Ulrike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian social scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werfen , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 2007 |
| Place of death | at Gasherbrum II , Pakistan |