The volume follows on from the results of the encyclopedia published in 2002 “Women scientists in and from Austria. Life - work - work ", in which u. a. the fields of activity of the first generation of female scientists at Austrian universities and in non-university work areas were researched.\nThe present collection now focuses primarily on the women-specific work of female scientists after 1945 (years of birth 1930-1950, but also included a supplement from earlier years). The temporal focus also includes the theoretical and personal effects of the second women's movement, which developed in the 1970s at universities from women-specific issues in the academic field.