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The 60s & 70s - Women During the University's founding years.

  1. 1966/1967

    • The JKU opens its doors on October 8, 1966 as the "Hochschule für Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften" with a Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Law. (See: The History of the JKU)
    • In 1967, 85 of its 713 enrolled students are female - that is 12% of the student body.

  2. 1968/1969

    • The Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences is established in 1968.
    • Legal expert Marianne Meinhart is appointed the first full professor at the JKU in 1969. She remains the only female professor at the JKU up until her retirement in 1990.

     

  3. 1972/1973

    • During the 1972/1973 academic year, Marianne Meinhart also serves as Austria's first female dean at the JKU's Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Law.
    • In 1972/1973, women account for 16% of the enrolled 2,450 students; 5% of the faculty members are female.

     

  4. 1979

    • In 1979, the first academic women's group in Linz, "Nora", is established and female students at the JKU and from the art academy attend initial meetings. "Nora" joins forces with other women's groups in Linz in 1980, along with "unorganized" women, to form the "Linz Women's Action Committee". In 1980, the "committee" occupies a vacant student dorm demanding that the space be made available as an independent dorm for women.

Images taken during this decade:

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Prof. Marianne Meinhart Prof. Marianne Meinhart
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