Otto Glöckel
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Otto Glöckel (8 February 1874 in
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– 23 July 1935 in
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- democratic politician and school-reformer during the
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. First Minister of Education during the First Austrian Republic from April 1919 to October 1920. After training as a teacher, Glöckel started work as a teacher in
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, Vienna. In 1894 he joined the
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. In 1897 he married Leopoldine Pfaffinger. Otto Glöckel's Achievements: * Women were granted the right to enter university. * Religious education was no longer compulsory ("Glöckel Erlass", 10th of April 1919) * Schools started to be organized in a democratic way (introduction of form and school representatives (??)) * The first comprehensive schools were established in Austria Glöckel developed a collaborative relationship with the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum.


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