Lex Otto
Lex Otto is a slang term for the 12th paragraph of the Press Act of the Kingdom of Saxony from 1850, which banned women in Saxony from publishing newspapers. According to Lex Otto, women were not even allowed to be named as co-editors. The law was named after the editor Louise Otto-Peters , who was supposed to be prevented by the law introduced especially for her case from publishing her women's newspaper, which propagated democracy and women's equality . This ordinance gave Louise Otto-Peters, the only female editor in the country, a professional ban. The women's newspaper had to officially cease its publication. Otto and the editorial team moved to Gera before a final ban was imposed by a similar Russian law in 1852 .
literature
- Ludwig Fränkel: Louise Otto-Peters . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 737-742.
- Norgard Kohlhagen: Louise Otto-Peters . In: Hans Jürgen Schultz (Ed.): Women. Portraits from two centuries . Kreuz-Verlag, Stuttgart 1981, pp. 102-113.
- Ute Gerhard ; Elisabeth Hannover-Drück ; Romina Schmitter (Ed.): "I recruit women for the realm of freedom". Louise Otto's women's newspaper . Syndicate, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-8108-0091-0 .
Web links
- Website of the Louise Otto Peters Society
- The Lex Otto was invented for them by Claudia von Zglinicki on Friday , April 23, 1999
Individual evidence
- ^ To the women's newspaper Louise-Otto-Peters-Gesellschaft
- ↑ To the program of the women's newspaper FrauenMediaTurm
- ^ Louise Otto-Peters Federal Agency for Civic Education
- ^ Biography Louise Otto-Peters FrauenMediaTurm