Hedwig Dohm

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Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm born Schlesinger, later Schleh (September 20, 1831 - June 1, 1919) was a German actress, feminist, author.

She was born in Berlin to Jewish parents,[1] as a daughter of (Henriette) Wilhelmine Jülich, nee Beru (lastname means a Jewish pedigree from Jülich) and daughter(-in-law?) of a tobacco-maker Gustav Adolph Schleh (originally Schlesinger).

She became a wife of editor and actor (Friedrich Wilhelm) Ernst Dohm, and had 5 children:

  1. Hans Ernst Dohm (1854-1866)
  2. (Gertrud) Hedwig (Anna) Dohm(Pringsheim) (1855-1942)
    (Pringsheim-Dohm << ; a daughter and different person with M. A. Hedwig, this article) = married with a Jewish scientist Alfred Pringsheim
  3. Ida Marie Elisabeth Dohm (1856-?)
  4. Marie Pauline Adelheid Dohm (1858-?)
  5. Eva Dohm (1860-?)

She became a grandmother of the musician Klaus Pringsheim, Sr. and Katharina Pringsheim, the wife of Thomas Mann. She died in Berlin.

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[edit] Residences in Berlin

[edit] Literary works

  • Was die Pastoren von den Frauen denken, 1872 ()
  • Der Jesuitismus im Hausstande, 1873 ()
  • Die wissenschaftliche Emanzipation der Frau, 1874 ()
  • Der Frauen Natur und Recht, 1876 ()
  • Die Antifeministen. Ein Buch der Verteidigung, 1902 ()
  • Die Mütter. Ein Beitrag zur Erziehungsfrage, 1903 ()
  • Der Mißbrauch des Todes, 1915 ()

[edit] Literature

  • Werde die du bist. Wie Frauen werden, 2 novels 1894 ()
  • Sibilla Dalmar, 1896 ()
  • Schicksale einer Seele, 1899 ()
  • Christa Ruland, 1902 ()

[edit] Literary references

  • Nikola Müller und Isabel Rohner (Hg.): Hedwig Dohm - Ausgewählte Texte. Berlin: trafo Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-89626-559-8

[edit] References

  1. ^ Literary Encyclopedia: Hedwig Dohm

[edit] External links

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