This year's Käthe Leichter Awards were presented on Monday, October 14, 2019, at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna. Two JKU researchers were among the award winners: Dr. Julia Schuster (Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Martina Gugglberger (Institute for Modern and Contemporary History). The JKU researchers were presented with the awards in the category for Women's Studies, Gender Research and Gender Equality in the Workplace.

About Käthe Leichter
Käthe Leichter worked tirelessly both academically and politically to support women’s interests. Her socio-political surveys about, for example, the situation of female domestic helpers or women working in homes or in industry as well as the Handbook of Women's Work in Austria, are among the most important publications about women during the interwar period.