Hertha Firnberg (1909-1994) was the second female minister in Austria and the politician who established an independent Ministry of Science in 1970, which she headed throughout the whole Kreisky era until 1983. Maria Wirth's study focuses on Hertha Firnberg as a central player in Austrian science policy. She illuminates Firnberg's biography and her activities as a science politician with a focus on university and research policy as well as the situation...