Marie Eggers-Smidt

Marie Julie Charlotte Eggers-Smidt b. Smidt (born August 6, 1844 in Bremen , † December 29, 1923 in Bremen) was a German women's rights activist .

biography

Eggers-Smidt was the daughter of the judge Dr. jur. Hermann Smidt (1804–1879) and von Gesche Noltenius (1816–1846). She had five siblings, including the businessman and member of parliament Johann Smidt (1839-1910) and was the granddaughter of the Bremen mayor Johann Smidt . She married the businessman Hermann Eggers (before 1836–1874), who died a few years later. It was only allowed to use the name Eggers-Smidt since 1906.

Around 1898, Eggers-Smidt worked in the charity information center in the women's acquisition and training association . Together with colleagues she founded an association for women’s work . She was active in the Bremen women's movement in various associations and groups, for example in the German-Evangelical Women's Association (DEFB), an association for moral rigor and for general women's suffrage . She was active in prison welfare. She looked after young prostitutes who were often sick . In 1900 she founded and led the youth protection association , which carried out activities such as after-school services for girls, patch schools, and combating international trafficking in girls, Taking care of carers, caring for vacations and social contacts. In 1902 she founded and led the Bremen Section of the International Federation to Combat State Regulations on Prostitution. In 1905 she published letters from prostitutes to make the social and economic needs of these women public.

She was urn buried in the Riensberg cemetery .

Literature, sources

• Hannelore Cyrus : Eggers-Smidt, Marie Julie Charlotte, b. Smidt . In: Women's history (s) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .