Auguste von Littrow
Auguste Wilhelmine von Littrow (born February 13, 1819 in Prague , † March 23, 1890 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian writer (Ps. Otto August) and women's rights activist of the 19th century.
Live and act
Auguste Wilhelmine, married von Littrow, a daughter of the physician Prof. Ignaz Rudolf Bischoff (since 1836) Edler von Altenstern (1784–1850), married the astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow (1811–1877), a son , shortly after her twentieth birthday in 1839 of the astronomer Joseph Johann von Littrow (1781–1840) and lived with her husband in Vienna.
After a short time, the predominantly literary Littrowsche Salon developed into a popular meeting place and center of intellectual Vienna . a. Hermann Bonitz , Josef Danhauser , Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach , August Eisenmenger , Ernst von Feuchtersleben , Ottilie von Goethe , Franz Grillparzer , Friedrich Hebbel , Rudolf von Jhering , Joseph Lewinsky and Franz Miklosich belonged. Franz Grillparzer, who was a friend of hers, jokingly called her "Frau Astronomus", probably because of her penetration into the hitherto unknown existence of poor, working women , known as women , in Vienna.
Auguste Wilhelmine von Littrow was the author of memoirs and articles on the employment of women and on the hiring of certified teachers at elementary schools after the introduction of compulsory schooling for boys and girls in Austria-Hungary . On November 13, 1866 she founded u. a. together with Iduna Laube and Helene von Hornbostel, the wife of the industrialist Theodor von Hornbostel , the Association for Economic Progress , the later Vienna Women's Acquisition Association , which was run by the women's rights activist Lucia Laube (1872-1945), daughter of the geologist Gustav Carl Laube (1839–1923), President of the Prague German Women's Acquisition Association and member of the Federation of Austrian Women's Associations .
Publications (selection)
- From personal communications with Franz Grillparzer , Vienna: L. Rosner 1873 ( digitized version )
- Nursing by women with regard to the present conditions . Publisher Czermak, Vienna 1872.
- The social movement in the field of women . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1868.
literature
- Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) Vol. II, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1984, ISBN 3-486-52551-4 , p. 471
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Das Geistige Wien, 5th year, 1893, p. 323
- New Free Press Vienna of March 24, 1890
- Almanac of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, 28 (1878)
- Angela Scheider: Auguste and Carl von Littrow. Detailed study of a middle-class family from the 19th century . Dissertation, University of Vienna 1999.
Web links
- Auguste Littrow-Bischoff in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Littrow, Auguste von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian writer and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1890 |
| Place of death | Vienna |