Johanna Kohlund

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Johanna Kohlund (born November 8, 1878 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † March 26, 1968 there ) was a German women's rights activist . She was a teacher at a high school and a champion for the realization of equality between women and men , especially for better educational opportunities for young girls in the 19th and 20th centuries. Therefore she was also considered the “grande dame” of the women's movement .

Life

Johanna Kohlund passed the teacher examination at the higher girls' school in Freiburg in 1899. As one of the first students, she finished her studies at the University of Freiburg with a doctorate in 1913 . In addition, Johanna Kohlund was one of five German scholars who completed their habilitation by the end of the Weimar Republic. Later she taught at a high school and campaigned for better educational opportunities for young girls. In 1968 Johanna Kohlund died in Freiburg at the age of 90.

Engagement in the women's movement

On November 12, 1918, the new right to vote for women was introduced in Germany. Kohlund took this as an opportunity to travel around a lot and encourage women to use the right to vote. She was very active in the women's movement , mainly in the “ Association for Women's Education - Women's Studies ”. She also attended women's congresses and conferences to exchange ideas with other emancipated women and to establish new contacts.

The teacher Agnes von Zahn-Harnack and the Reich MP Marie-Elisabeth Lüders founded the German Association of Women Academics in 1926 . Ten years later, Kohlund's initiative, the “Freiburg Female Academics Association”, joined this. In 1949 Kohlund founded a new initiative, the "German Women's Ring in Freiburg". This also advocated equality between women and men in society and is now one of the largest women's associations in Germany.

Offices and functions

  • Member of the "Freiburg Student Association"
  • High school teacher
  • very active in the association "Women's Education - Women's Studies"
  • Founder of the initiative "Freiburger Akademikerinnenbund"
  • Founder of the "Deutscher Frauenring in Freiburg" initiative

literature

  • Johanna Kohlund: Benjamin Disraeli's position on English romanticism . Freiburg im Breisgau 1913 (dissertation).
  • Grete Borgmann: Dr. phil. Johanna Kohlund: 1878–1968; the “grande dame” of the early Freiburg women's movement . In: Isolde Tröndle-Weintritt (Ed.): "Now go there and get married!". The daughters of the Alma mater in the 20th century . Kore, Freiburg im Breisgau 1997, ISBN 3-926023-58-9 , p. 15-43 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population register of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau: 1969 . Rombach Verlag , 1969, ISSN  0420-8919 , p. 17 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Higher girls' school in Freiburg im Breisgau (Ed.): Annual report for the school year 1898/99 . At the same time an invitation to the closing ceremonies on July 26th, 27th and 28th. Freiburg im Breisgau 1899, p. 5 .
  3. ^ Elisabeth Grabenweger: German Studies in Vienna. The Seminar for German Philology and its private lecturers (1897–1933) . DeGruyter, Berlin / Boston 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-045927-2 , pp. 2 ( Preview in Google Book Search).

Web links

  • Dr. Johanna Kohlund. In: Database of international networks of female academics. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, accessed on July 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kohlund, Johanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1968
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau