Auguste Hennig

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Auguste Hennig (born February 7, 1864 in Sachsenburg as Auguste Wechsung; † July 15, 1959 in Leipzig ) was a German suffragette and politician.

Life

Born the daughter of a housewife and a worker, Hennig moved to Leipzig in 1888 with her husband Karl (1859–1929). In the following years she became politically active in various associations and began a friendship with Käthe Duncker in 1902 . In 1905 she joined the SPD. From 1908 she headed the Leipzig Association for Domestic Workers, which she had co-founded. Her diverse political activities led to the election of the first female party executive of the Leipzig SPD in 1908 . In 1910 she traveled as a delegate to Copenhagen, where in 1910, together with Clara Zetkin and Käthe Duncker, she submitted the successful proposal to introduce an international women's day at the Second International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen . Back in Leipzig she wrote for Equality and was committed to introducing women's suffrage. In 1919 she joined the USPD . After the Second World War, she helped set up the Democratic Women's Association in Germany and joined the SED . Despite her old age, Hennig remained an active member of the women's movement until her death in 1959, writing for newspapers and giving lectures.

Auguste Hennig had five children. She is the great grandmother of Heike Hennig .

Appreciation

In Leipzig, Auguste-Hennig-Strasse is named after her. She was portrayed as part of the 1000 Years of Leipzig - 100 Portraits of Women campaign.

Web links

  • Biography on the website of the city of Leipzig

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Hennig, Auguste (née Wechsung). In: City of Leipzig. 2016, accessed March 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Reiner Schilling: The proletarian women's movement in Leipzig from 1890 to 1908 .
  3. ↑ "In Copenhagen I met Klara Zetkin" . In: New Germany . May 19, 1953, p. 5 .
  4. ↑ Mirjam Sachse: About "women full men" and class warriors - women's history and female models in the proletarian women's magazine "Equality" .
personal data
SURNAME Hennig, Auguste
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Change, Auguste (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German women's rights activist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Sachsenburg
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1959
Place of death Leipzig