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Frieda Wunderlich (1894–1965) was a pioneering academic and political figure. She was the sole woman in the original faculty forming The New School's University-in-Exile (1933), fleeing Nazi Germany. At the Berufspädagisches Institut in Berlin, she became a professor by 1930. At The New School, she taught until 1961, serving as the first female dean of an American graduate school (1939–1940). Her research integrated economics, sociology, and political history, establishing labor economics as a field.
Education: Doctorate from the University of Freiburg (1919). Key roles pre-emigration included Prussian State Parliament member (Deutsche Demokratische Partei), Berlin City Council representative (1925 onward), and judge on the German Supreme Court for Social Welfare (1930).
Research focused on labor policy, socio-economic structures, and historical labor movements. Courses taught included Labor Problems (32x), Social Security (28x), and interdisciplinary topics like Industrial Relations and Employment Dynamics. Her books analyzed German labor courts, British war labor, and post-war European reconstruction.
Contributions extended to the Institute of World Affairs Council of Research and adult education courses addressing Nazism and global labor policies. Despite no formal awards cited, her administrative and academic innovations marked her legacy.
