The Rise of the Women’s Movement
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Jewish women were instrumental in shaping modernism and with creating institutions that served to provide them with new professional and educational opportunities. Berta Zuckerkandl’s salon was the epicenter of the Vienna Secession, and her articles on art and design influenced the taste of a generation of Viennese middle class from the late 19th century until 1938. Eugenie Schwarzwald, a pioneer in the education of girls, ran a salon frequented by Arnold Schönberg and Oskar Kokoschka. The turn of the century saw the arrival of  many talented young women breaking into the arts, entertainment and the business world. Regine Goldscheider, widowed in 1897, continued to run the family business, while journalists such as Alice Schalek broke new ground in reporting from a theater of war.