Henny Sattler

Henny Sattler (born August 11, 1829 in Bremen , † February 9, 1913 in Bremen) was a German women's rights activist and pioneer of social work .

biography

Sattler was the daughter of the merchant and Bavarian consul Siegmund Sattler (1788–1863) and his wife Amalia. She and her seven siblings came from a wealthy family. She educated herself, traveled extensively, and studied to prepare for the profession of language teacher. One brother was the teacher Dr. Wilhelm Sattler (1827–1908), whose daughter Meta Sattler (1867–1958) was important in social welfare in Bremen.

Through her friends Ottilie Hoffmann and Marie Mindermann , she was connected to the Bremen women's movement . These three women and others founded the association for the expansion of the female work area in 1867 , which in the following years was called Women's Employment Association and quickly had 500 members. The association advocated women's suffrage . One year after its founding, the association had a certification institute for female work and a sewing and training school. In 1895 the association was renamed the Women's Employment and Training Association (FEAV) and the association merged with similar groups.

In 1869 the Berlin Women's Conference promoted the establishment of training opportunities for secular sisters . Sattler realized this idea in Bremen in the club hospital founded by the Red Cross in 1876 . She trained herself to be a sister. As superior , she passed on her knowledge and helped set up similar hospitals in Magdeburg and Schönbeck . In 1889 a maternity shelter was established. After no middle-class woman made herself available as a midwife , she acquired the qualification as a midwife. She was the head of the asylum for years.

In 1897 she gave the decisive impetus for the establishment of an information center for charities in Bremen. She was one of the important women in the Bremen women's movement . At the funeral service on the occasion of her funeral, Pastor Steudel, a member of the Monistenbund , stated in 1913: “She tried to unite all the forces that were still idle, especially in the female sex, and so early on had grasped the idea that now dominates the ethics of our age ... As one She was a pioneering leader in the women's movement and social association activities ”.

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• Women's museum, portrait