2016
DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201600035
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Clara Haber, nee Immerwahr (1870–1915): Life, Work and Legacy

Abstract: We examine the life, work, and legacy of Clara Haber, nee Immerwahr, who became the first woman to earn a doctorate from the University of Breslau, in 1900. In 1901 she married the chemist Fritz Haber. With no employment available for female scientists, Clara freelanced as an instructor in the continued education of women, mainly housewives, while struggling not to become a housewife herself. Her duties as a designated head of a posh household hardly brought fulfillment to her life. The outbreak of WWI further… Show more

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“…Prominente Suizidopfer in der Zeit der Kriege und danach waren etwa Clara Haber (1870–1915, Berlin), Chemikerin, die sich in der Nacht als ihr Mann Fritz Haber den ersten „erfolgreichen“ Einsatz von Chlorgas feierte, das Leben nahm [ 17 ]; Victor Tausk (1879–1919, Wien), Jurist, Nervenarzt und von Freud geförderter und dann verstossener Psychoanalytiker [ 19 ]; Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929, Wien), Allergologe und Entwickler des Tuberkulin-Tests [ 50 ]; Ludwig Haberlandt (1885–1932, Innsbruck), der die Grundlagen der Kontrazeption entwickelte und dafür herbe Kritik erfuhr [ 21 ]. Die jüdischen Neurowissenschaftler Fritz Chotzen (1871–1937, Warschau), Felix Plaut (1877–1940, Epsom), Felix Stern (1884–1941, Berlin) suizidierten sich während des III.…”
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“…Prominente Suizidopfer in der Zeit der Kriege und danach waren etwa Clara Haber (1870–1915, Berlin), Chemikerin, die sich in der Nacht als ihr Mann Fritz Haber den ersten „erfolgreichen“ Einsatz von Chlorgas feierte, das Leben nahm [ 17 ]; Victor Tausk (1879–1919, Wien), Jurist, Nervenarzt und von Freud geförderter und dann verstossener Psychoanalytiker [ 19 ]; Clemens von Pirquet (1874–1929, Wien), Allergologe und Entwickler des Tuberkulin-Tests [ 50 ]; Ludwig Haberlandt (1885–1932, Innsbruck), der die Grundlagen der Kontrazeption entwickelte und dafür herbe Kritik erfuhr [ 21 ]. Die jüdischen Neurowissenschaftler Fritz Chotzen (1871–1937, Warschau), Felix Plaut (1877–1940, Epsom), Felix Stern (1884–1941, Berlin) suizidierten sich während des III.…”
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“…As during World War One, Haber made Germany's problems his own: In order to alleviate the burden of the war reparation payments mandated by the Versailles Treaty, Haber launched a secret project aimed at extracting gold from seawater (Hahn, 1999;James, 2011, 59-60). 3 Thus it was the context of the grim political realities of the day and of Haber's personal engagement in easing Germany's predicament (Friedrich, 2019) that led Haber to write to Einstein the following lines (Fritz Haber to Albert Einstein, 9 March 1921):…”
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“…On the first of May in 1915, Clara Haber (Friedrich and Hoffmann, 2016 ), née Immerwahr, committed suicide. A week before her death, her husband, the German scientist Fritz Haber (Witschi, 2000 ), had organized the first chlorine-gas attack at Ypres in Belgium, which was aimed at breaking the military stalemate in Germany's favor.…”
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confidence: 99%