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The editor discusses in her introduction the results of a new collection of articles on women in mathematics and the sciences. The ten theses brought forward by the editor range from the impact of concrete historical conditions in Germany such as the cultural autonomy of the states (Länder), over the political and social attitudes of parents and male professors, to the (mostly negative) influence of the career on the ability of the successful women involved to live a personal life with children. The introduction adds remarkable facts such as the ``celibacy rules'' (p. 38) which female high school teachers had to obey during the time of the German monarchy until 1919. The author comments particularly on the controversial and generally disadvantaged situation of women-scientists in Nazi-Germany (which was somewhat alleviated during the war due to the shortage of men) and gives valuable new information on the fates of several female Jewish teachers who lost their lives in the racial persecutions. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0868.00012].