The careers of Rosalia Rothansl (1870–1945) and Mileva Stoisavljevic-Roller (1886–1949) exemplify the professionalization of female artists, following the opening of the former Vienna School of Arts and Crafts to women and its modernist artistic direction in the early 20th century. Rothansl was one of the first women in Central Europe to hold a professorship, mentoring artists like Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, Elisabeth Karlinsky, Vally Wieselthier, and Emmy Zweybrück in textile techniques..