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Henriette Goldschmidt

1825-11-23 – 1920-01-30

Portrait of Henriette Goldschmidt
Henriette Goldschmidt im Schillerjahr 1859Credit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Henriette Goldschmidt (1825–1920) was a German Jewish feminist, pedagogist and social worker. She was one of the founders of the German Women's Association (German: Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein) and worked to improve women's rights to access education and employment. As part of that effort, she founded the Society for Family Education and for People's Welfare (German: Verein fuer Familienerziehung und Volkswohl) and the first school offering higher education to women in Germany.

Occupation & Career

writer, women's rights activist, social activist, pedagogue, social pedagogue, feminist

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q101946 — wikidata View source
  2. Wikidata population candidate Q2477315 — wikidata View source

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