The Käthe Leichter Prize is the Austrian State Prize for women's research, gender studies and gender equality in the workplace.
The prize, founded in 1991, was created on the initiative of the historian Herbert Steiner, who was assisted by Minister of Women's Affairs, Johanna Dohnal.[1] It is named after the Social Democratic politician Käthe Leichter (1895-1942), who was murdered. The award, which was originally endowed with the title of "State Prize for the Women's History of the Workers and Workers' Movement", is awarded annually by the Ministry of Women and the Ministry of Social Affairs to two women. The jury decides on the award of the prize.[2]
The winners of the prize have included:[3]
| year | State prize | Recognition award | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Antonia Bruha, Edith Saurer | Edeltraud Glettler, Helga Embacher | |
| 1992 | Nawal El Saadawi, Gerda Neyer | Gabriella Hauch, Sylvia Hahn shared with Susanne Mittermeier, Brigitte Bailer-Galanda | |
| 1993 | Birgit Bolognese-Leuchtenmüller, Waltraud Heindl | Erika Thurner, Karin Berger | |
| 1994 | Gabriele Anderl, Irene Bandhauer-Schöffmann, Ela Hornung | Helga Hieden-Sommer, Anna Zarnowska | |
| 1995 | Gerda Lerner, Edeltraud Ranftl | Ingrid Bauer, Ursula Floßmann | |
| 1996 | Elisabeth List, Eva Cyba | Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Monika Bernold | |
| 1997 | Herta Nagl-Docekal, Susanne Miller | Birgit Buchinger, Johanna Gehmacher | |
| 1998 | Neda Bei, Ursula Kubes-Hofmann | Sabine Elisabeth Strasser, Sandra Wiesinger-Stock | |
| 1999 | Johanna Dohnal, Lisbeth N. Trallori | Hanna Hacker, Christa Ehrmann-Hämmerle | |
| 2000 | Ulli Pastner, Ulrike Papouschek | Elisabeth Holzleithner, Susan Zimmermann | |
| 2001-2004 | no awards | no awards | |
| 2005 | Edit Schlaffer | Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Regine Bendl, Maria Mesner shared with Barbara Rohregger | |
| 2006 | Ruth Kluger | Anita Ziegerhofer-Prettenthaler, Andrea Griesebner, Andrea Ellmeier | |
| 2007 | Margareta Kreimer | Christine Wächter, Andrea Leitner, Ilse Korotin, Brigitte Lehmann | |
| 2008 | Eva Kreisky | Gabriele Michalitsch, Viktoria Kriehebauer, Michaela Judy, Johanna Hofbauer | |
| 2009 | Gudrun Biffl | Christiane Spiel, Luise Gubitzer, Birge Krondorfer, Brigitte Ratzer, Monika Ankele | |
| 2010 | Luzenir Caixeta | Heidi Schrodt, Gerhild Meier, Bettina Schrittwieser, Alexandra Weiss, Elisabeth Klatzer | |
| 2011 | Christa Schlager | Angelika Paseka, Beate Großegger, Helga Amesberger shared with Brigitte Halbmayr, Petra Unger | |
| 2012 | Anna Sporrer | Susanne Dermutz, Birgitt Haller, Ursula Till-Tentschert, Evelyn Höbenreich, Lisa Fischer | |
| 2013 | Doris Guggenberger | Ilona Horwath, Michaela Windisch-Graetz, Christine Mayrhuber, Sieglinde Rosenberger, Roswith Roth | |
| 2014 | Doris Weichselbaumer | Ilse Bartosch, Angela Wroblewski, Ingrid Mairhuber, Bettina Haidinger, Brigitte Rath | |
| 2015 | Birgit Sauer | Dorothea Gaudart, Nadja Bergmann, Julia Eichinger, Karin Schönpflug, Hilde Stockhammer | |
| 2016 | Brigitte Young | Silvia Kronberger, Waltraud Ernst, Elli Scambor, Karin Sardadvar, Sybille Pirklbauer | |
| 2017 | Helene Maimann | Heidi Niederkofler, Käthe Knittler, Tamara Geisberger, Nikita Dhawan, Elisabeth Greif | |
| 2018 | Andrea Bramberger, Traude Mitschka-Kogoj | Renate Ortlieb, Kerstin Witt-Löw, Alyssa Schneebaum, Gitti Vasicek | |
| 2019 | Maria Cristina Boidi | Julia Schuster, Elisabeth Anna Günther, Katharina Mader, Veronika Duma, | |
| 2020 | Gabriele Zuna-Kratky | Johanna Pirker, Helene Schiffbänker,, Doris Allhutter, Veronika Helfert | |
| 2021 | Christine Zulehner, Muriel Niederle | , Emma Dowling, Karin Neuwirth |