Heimat großer Töchter: Exploring Gender Relations and Social Change in Austrian History

This traveling exhibition explores the evolution of gender relations in contemporary Austrian history, highlighting ten lesser-known examples of individuals who fought against exclusion and expanded social norms. It serves as a monument to their significant contributions in challenging gender perceptions and creating change.

The exhibition 'Heimat großer Töchter. Zeit für neue Denkmäler' (Homeland of Great Daughters. Time for New Monuments) delves into the transformation of gender relations throughout contemporary Austrian history. It focuses on individuals who, often unnoticed, achieved significant progress by challenging societal expectations and combating exclusion, thereby creating monuments to their engagement. The exhibition presents ten specific, previously under-recognized examples that illustrate how agency can be expanded and perceptions of gender questioned. These stories detail strategies that have driven change: for instance, a phone call to the Federal Chancellor in the 1970s enabled married women to decide on their own employment. Fifty years later, 24-hour caregivers are still fighting for public recognition of their work in private settings. In 1981, activists covered a sexist underwear campaign, generating significant media attention and becoming known as the 'Vienna Lingerie War.' Today, chalk is used to articulate similar concerns, with the initiative 'Catcallsof' in various Austrian cities making sexual harassment tangible and highlighting it as a societal problem. Intersex individuals had to go to the Constitutional Court to gain visibility for their fight against discrimination; since 2018, official forms acknowledge that a binary understanding of sex is insufficient to describe identity and the body.

This is a traveling exhibition. Specific ticketing information would be available through the host venue or the Haus der Geschichte Österreich's main ticketing portal for its own displays. The page does not provide direct ticketing details for the touring version.