Ida Peiffer – Freedom

Female, 45, completing dreams, restless. 1842 – 1858. What a woman! The „first female world traveller and the first female explorer during Biedermeier„. [1] The Viennese Pfeiffer travels on her journeys „240,000 km at sea and approx. 32,000 km overland“. [2] These journeys are ethnologic and zoological expeditions. Ida learns languages, is able to dissect animals and plants. She is sociable and through contacts with diplomats and life peesr she finds

Erich Fried – Poem

Vienna, London, three marriages? Where took Erich Fried his wisdom, his insights, his farsightedness from to write the best love poem ever? The poem: „Was es ist“/„What it is“.

The Viennese imprinting one should of course not underestimate. „German Poet.“ he

Marietta Blau – Disintegration Stars

Vienna 1923 – 1938, Blau works about photographic methods of nuclear physics at the Institute for Radium Research. An unusual career? No, during “the Thirties of the last century 35% of all physics alumni were women whereas 2002 only 20% women studied physics“. [1]

Working is only possible as „free“ (unpaid) scientist. For a paid position as lecturer she has too many „disadvantages“: