Marie Loeper-Housselle

Marie Loeper-Housselle (1837-1916) was a German educator and advocate for the education of girls and women. She founded the trade journal for teachers Die Lehrerin in Schule und Haus.[1]

Marie Loeper-Housselle
Born(1837-02-11)11 February 1837
Gross-Lesewitz, West Prussia
Died25 January 1916(1916-01-25) (aged 78)
Baden-Baden, Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationEducator, Suffragist
Führerinnen der Frauenbewegung in Deutschland 1894

Life

Loeper-Housselle was born on 11 February 1837 in Gross-Lesewitz, West Prussia.[2]

Loeper-Housselle began her career as an educator in Elbląg where she finish her apprenticeship. After her marriage, she moved to Strasbourg, Alsace and there she became interested in organizing teachers and also improving education for girls.[3]

She founded the first German teacher's professional journal, Die Lehrerin in Schule und Haus (The teacher in school and house)[4] and the organization Allgemeine deutsche Lehrerinnen-Verein (General German teachers association).[3]

Loeper-Housselle died in 25 January 1916 in Baden-Baden, Germany.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Loeper-Housselle, Marie (1837-1916)". Kalliope Verbund. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "Loeper-Housselle, Marie". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. "Loeper-Housselle, Mrs. Marie". Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder (in German). Zeno.org. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "Marie Loeper-Housselle, February 11, 1837 - January 25, 1916". fotolibra. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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