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Martina Steer

Martina Steer is a research fellow at the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies in Potsdam. She received her M.A. in modern history from the University of Munich and her Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. Her interests include Jewish cultural and intellectual history. Among her publications are
“... da zeigte sich, der Mann hatte ihr keine Welt mehr anzubieten”. Margarete Susman und die Frage der Frauenbewegung and Bertha Badt-Strauss (1885–1970). Eine jüdische Publizistin.

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Bertha Badt-Strauss

A religious German-Jewish writer, intellectual, and ardent Zionist, Bertha Badt-Strauss was one of the first women to earn a doctoral degree in Prussia. She was a prolific writer, publishing hundreds of articles over the course of her lifetime, and was very involved in the “Jewish Renaissance” cultural movement. She was dedicated in particular to illuminating the diverse experiences of Jewish women past and present.