Cäcilia Böhm-Wendt

Cäcilia Böhm-Wendt (née Wendt; born 4 May 1875) was an Austrian physicist, who conducted research on radioactivity at the University of Vienna. She published her first paper in 1899, on rational values of trigonometric functions. She earned her doctoral degree in 1900, and went on to conduct research with Egon von Schweidler at the University of Vienna. She was one of only two Austrian women to publish in physics at that time.

Early life and education She was born Cäcilia Wendt on 4 May 1875 in Troppau, Silesia. Her father was Dr F. M. Wendt, and it is thought he was a teacher.

Career In 1900, she became the first woman to hold the position of probationary teacher at Vienna's gymnasium for young women (gymnasiale Mädchenschule). At the institute, she was a research collaborator with its director, Egon von Schweidler, who was investigating the properties of new elements.

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