Background
She was born Marianne Weisl into a bourgeois Viennese family. Her father was a lawyer
She was born Marianne Weisl into a bourgeois Viennese family. Her father was a lawyer
In 1921 she was the first Austrian woman to earn a doctorate in law. In 1908 she wished to study law herself but entry into the law faculty in Vienna was not permitted to women at that time. So she first studied Orientalism, earning her doctorate on the subject of Oriental Languages.
In 1919 the rules were changed permitting her to enroll in Law.
In 1921 she became the first woman doctor of law on the juridical faculty in Vienna as a lecturer. From 1928 she was active as a lawyer in practice.
She wrote frequently on women"s issues and was author of a legal handbook "The right of women", 1931. From 1939 to 1945, she taught sociology at Reed College, in Portland, Oregon.