Cornelia Weiss [BIAAS-152412]
Gendered pay inequality continues today as a major issue in Austria (and the U.S., as well as the rest of the world). The immediate post-war period of the WWII era was a period in which the military governments had the power of law and force to eliminate or impose unequal pay against women and girls. “Answers to Unequal Pay: The U.S. Military Government in Post-WWII Austria” excavates what the U.S. military government in Austria did — and did not do — with their power (and the possible echoes in today’s gendered pay gaps).