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Abstract: Processes of social distinction and disciplining efforts on the urban margins can be explored historically in different areas such as housing and social politics, both communal and private. During a two-year research project, scholars based at the Kreisky-Archive in Vienna, together with students at a local grammar school (Gymnasium Maroltingergasse) have been investigating these phenomena in relation to early twentieth-century Ottakring, a Viennese suburb. The suburbs of the growing metropolis inhabited by the poor were perceived as the 'other side of civilization'. This view was accompanied by fascination as well as processes of boundary-drawing and stigmatization and the responses led to various interventions into the suburban spaces concerned. In two case-studies the authors analyze such interventions with a focus on the fantasies and fears concerning the suburban 'other': The first focuses on the Ottakringer Notstandsbauten, a shanty town for poor workers with many children which was built by the municipal government in 1911 as a reaction to the rampant housing shortage and homelessness in the urban region. The second focuses on the welfare organisation Wiener Settlement, founded in 1901 by members of the liberal women's movement. The association's estate, accessible at the Sammlung Frauennachlässe, University of Vienna, was a primary source for examinating the Viennese Settlement. Concerning the Notstandsbauten, interviews with former residents and biographical narratives of former neighbors have been analyzed along with newspaper articles. ; Abstract: Processes of social distinction and disciplining efforts on the urban margins can be explored historically in different areas such as housing and social politics, both communal and private. During a two-year research project, scholars based at the Kreisky-Archive in Vienna, together with students at a local grammar school (Gymnasium Maroltingergasse) have been investigating these phenomena in relation to early twentieth-century Ottakring, a Viennese suburb. The suburbs of the growing metropolis inhabited by the poor were perceived as the 'other side of civilization'. This view was accompanied by fascination as well as processes of boundary-drawing and stigmatization and the responses led to various interventions into the suburban spaces concerned. In two case-studies the authors analyze such interventions with a focus on the fantasies and fears concerning the suburban 'other': The first focuses on the Ottakringer Notstandsbauten, a shanty town for poor workers with many children which was built by the municipal government in 1911 as a reaction to the rampant housing shortage and homelessness in the urban region. The second focuses on the welfare organisation Wiener Settlement, founded in 1901 by members of the liberal women's movement. The association's estate, accessible at the Sammlung Frauennachlässe, University of Vienna, was a primary source for examinating the Viennese Settlement. Concerning the Notstandsbauten, interviews with former residents and biographical narratives of former neighbors have been analyzed along with newspaper articles.

"Frauentag!" ist ein profunder Überblick über die hundertjährige Geschichte des Gedenk- und Kampftages in Österreich. Die Autorinnen zeichnen seine Entwicklung nach, stellen politische Akteur_innen vor und rekonstruieren die Bedeutungen, die diese ihrem Tun gaben. Die Beiträge des Bandes befassen sich mit den Forderungen, die anlässlich der Frauentage erhoben wurden, beleuchten die Rituale, die entwickelt, die Traditionen, die angerufen, und die medialen Repräsentationen, die erzeugt wurden. Damit stellt "Frauentag!" auch einen Überblick über 100 Jahre frauenbewegte Geschichte in Österreich bis in die Gegenwart dar, der durch Interviews mit politischen Akteurinnen, eine Dokumentation der Ausstellung "Feste.Kämpfe.100 Jahre Frauentag" sowie der Kunstprojekte unter dem Titel "In.Anspruch.Nehmen" ergänzt wird ... (Quelle: Text Verlagseinband / Verlag)