Maresch, Maria#
b. Vienna, May 18, 1886, d. Vienna, Sept. 4, 1970, educator and writer. 1919 first woman Sektionsrat (senior official) in the Ministry of Education, established Women's Secondary Schools, with cooking and housekeeping classes as part of the curriculum. 1934 she founded the "Institute for Home-making Sciences" and taught there; 1945 to 1949 Editor-in-Chief of the paper "Oesterreicherin". 1946 first woman to rise to the rank of Ministerialrat (senior position in civil service).
Publications#
Katharina von Siena, 1947; Das Buch der Frau, 1951. - Ed.: Lebenspflege in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 1919ff.; Blaetter fuer Lebenswirt. und -unterricht, 1928-1938.