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Käthe Windscheid

1859-01-01 – 1943-03-15

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Katharina "Käthe" Windscheid (1859-1943)Credit: unknownuploaded to German wikipedia on 29 September 2014 by Ephraim33uploaded to wikipedia-commons by Charles01

Life & Legacy

Katharina "Käthe" Windscheid (28 August 1859 – 11 March 1943) was a German women's rights activist and a pioneer of women's education. In 1895 she became the first woman in Germany to receive a doctorate for an academic dissertation.

Occupation & Career

writer, politician, philologist, pedagogue

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q1686427 — wikidata View source

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