Hedwig Dohm
Marianne Adelaide Hedwig Dohm (born Schlesinger, later Schleh) (20 September 1831 – 1 June 1919) was a German feminist, and author. She was one of the first feminist thinkers to see gender roles as a result of socialization and not biological determinism.
Family
Tomb at Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof
She was born in Berlin to Jewish parents,[1] as a daughter of (Henriette) Wilhelmine Jülich, née 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:
- Hans Ernst Dohm (1854–1866)
- (Gertrud) Hedwig (Anna) Dohm(Pringsheim) (1855–1942)
- Ida Marie Elisabeth Dohm (1856-?)
- Marie Pauline Adelheid Dohm (1858-?)
- Eva Dohm (1860-?)
She became a grandmother of the musician Klaus Pringsheim, Sr. and Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim, the wife of Thomas Mann. She died in Berlin.
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
Literature
- Werde die du bist. Wie Frauen werden, 2 novels 1894
- Sibilla Dalmar, 1896
- Schicksale einer Seele, 1899
- Christa Ruland, 1902
Literary references
- Nikola Müller und Isabel Rohner (Hg.): Hedwig Dohm - Ausgewählte Texte. Berlin: trafo Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-89626-559-8
References
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- Eine Homepage rund um Hedwig Dohm
- Dohms Werke beim Projekt Gutenberg
- Biografie in der Berlinischen Monatsschrift
- Satirische Auseinandersetzung mit Georg Groddecks These, dass Frauen keine Persönlichkeit hätten
- GHDI - Document at germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org Hedwig Dohm's Essay "What the Pastors Think of Women" (1872)
- GHDI - Document at germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org Hedwig Dohm's Essay, "Women's Right to Vote" (1876)
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