Gertrud Herzog-Hauser

Gertrud Herzog-Hauser (15 June 1894 – 9 October 1953) was an Austrian classical philologist. She was specialised in ancient mythology and religion as well as Latin literature and published Latin school textbooks. She campaigned for equal rights for women in education. In 1917 she took the Staatsexamen for teaching.

Herzog-Hauser worked as teacher at a girls' Gymnasium, the GRG 6 Rahlgasse in Mariahilf, from 1917 to 1937. She also wrote entries for the Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. In 1922 she married the artist Carry Hauser. In 1932, she gave birth to a son named Heinrich. In the same year, she became the first Austrian woman to gain a habilitation at university and she gave lectures at the University of Vienna.

In 1946, Herzog-Hauser emigrated to Switzerland and soon returned to the University of Vienna where she became a professor.

Selected publications Altgriechische Liebesgedichte. Vienna, 1924. Publius Ovidius Naso: Ausgewählte Dichtungen. Vienna, 1928. Soter. Die Gestalt des Retters im altgriechischen Epos. Vienna, 1931. Octavia: Fabula praetexta. Vienna, 1934. Uit de Vrouwenbrieven van den H. Hieronymus. 's-Hertogenbosch, 1941. Antonius von Padua. Sein Leben und sein Werk. Lucerne, 1947. De Godsdienst der Grieken. Roermond, 1952. Die Frau in der griechisch-römischen Antik. 1954.