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Book SynopsisVolume 18 in the series Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies is entitled Exile and Gender II: Politics, Education and the Arts. It is edited by Charmian Brinson, Jana Barbora Buresova and Andrea Hammel, and is intended as a companion volume to Volume 17, which focused on literature and the press. This new volume considers the life and work of exiled women politicians, academics and artists, among others, examining the ways – both positive and negative - in which their exile affected them. The sixteen contributions, which are in English or German, set out to throw new light on aspects of gendered relations and experiences of women in exile in Great Britain and Ireland. Contributors are: Jana Barbora Buresova, Rachel Dickson, Inge Hansen-Schaberg, Gisela Holfter, Hadwig Kraeutler, Ulrike Krippner, Dieter Krohn, Gertrud Lenz, Bea Lewkowicz, Sarah MacDougall, John March, Iris Meder, Irene Messenger, Merilyn Moos, Felicitas M. Starr-Egger, Jennifer Taylor, Gaby Weiner.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Erratum Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction Charmian Brinson, Jana Barbora Buresova and Andrea Hammel 1. The Society for the Furtherance of the Critical Philosophy (SFCP): A Foundation of German Female Refugees and their British Comrades in 1940 Dieter Krohn 2. Gertrud Meyer (1914-2002). Ein politisches Leben im Schatten Willy Brandts Gertrud Lenz 3. Layers of Concealment: Post-War Cultures of Surveillance and Secrecy in the Lives of Jewish Refugees, as Exemplified by the Case of Steffi Dinger Gaby Weiner 4. “A heart in transit”: The Unusual Life of Lotte Moos Merilyn Moos 5. Hana Benešová: The Forgotten First Lady Jana Barbora Buresova 6. Marriages of Convenience as a Strategy to Escape to the UK Irene Messinger 7. Women Refugee Academics at the University of London Felicitas M. Starr-Egger 8. Reformpädagoginnen im englischen Exil Inge Hansen-Schaberg 9. Women Exile Photographers John March 10. Charlotte Bondy ‒ a Graphic Designer in Exile Jennifer Taylor 11. Elisabeth Tomalin ‒ Emigrée Designer 1912-2012: “The only joy in life is being creative. Everything else is more or less pain” Rachel Dickson 12. “‘Meine Heimat’ is in my heart and my head”: Women artists in exile: Susan Einzig (1922-2009) and Eva Frankfurther (1930-1959) Sarah MacDougall 13. Female Fate or: Alma Wittlin’s Quest for Democracy Hadwig Kraeutler 14. Women Gardeners and Garden Architects from Vienna, in Austria and in Exile Ulrike Krippner and Iris Meder 15. Marginalised Voices ‒ Women in Irish Exile Gisela Holfter 16. Does Gender Matter? Reflections on the Role of Gender in Women’s Oral History Narratives Bea Lewkowicz Index
