Philosopher, pioneer, activist. From 1970 to 1972 Margherita von Brentano was a vice president at Freie Universität. She was the first woman to hold this office. A professor of philosophy, she fought against discrimination against women in the workplace, especially against their exclusion from leadership positions at universities. In 2016, the Center for Gender Studies at Freie Universität was named after her.
 

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The Margherita von Brentano Center for Gender Studies is an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented central institute of Freie Universität Berlin.

• Website of the Margherita von Brentano Center for Gender Studies
• Article in campus.leben on the occasion of Margherita von Brentano’s 100th birthday, “Der Mensch ist von Natur aus ein politisches Wesen,” posted September 9, 2022 (in German)
• A portrait in the special edition of the research magazine fundiert traces the unusual life of Margherita von Brentano (in German).
• You can hear Margherita von Brentano in the original sound in this interview from 1975 (in German).