Marie Loeper-Housselle

"The leaders of the women's movement in Germany" in Die Gartenlaube , 1894, Loeper-Housselle (2R, 2vl)

Marie Loeper-Housselle (born February 11, 1837 in Gross-Lesewitz near Marienburg / West Prussia ; † January 25, 1916 in Lichtenthal ) was a teacher who was involved in the education of girls and in the further training of teachers. In 1884 she founded the first specialist magazine for teachers under the title The Teacher in School and Home . Together with Helene Lange and Auguste Schmidt , she founded the General German Teachers' Association (ADLV) in 1890 . She was part of the first wave of the women's movement .

Life and professional history

The teacher in school and home , edition 1899/1900

Marie Housselle was born on February 11, 1837 in Gross-Lesewitz near Marienburg in West Prussia as the third daughter of Pastor L. Housselle. After the death of her father, she trained as a teacher in Graudenz and passed the exam in 1857. She then worked as a teacher for five years, including at the girls' secondary school in Elbing .

In 1862 Housselle married and moved to Alsace . There she made contact with the Alsatian school inspector Th. Hatt. Together with Hatt, she founded the first Froebel kindergarten in Alsace.

Loeper-Housselle wrote articles for the Hungarian School Gazette and the Rheinische Blätter (edited by Wichard Lange ) in which she advocated remedying deficiencies in the general and school education of girls. She also advocated a better education and position for teachers.

In order to provide a platform for the demands of the teachers, she founded the specialist journal Die Lehrerin in Schule und Haus in 1884 , which was published by Th. Hofmann in Gera .

In addition to her work as editor of the teachers' magazine, Loeper-Housselle wrote stories for various daily newspapers. Her historical story Der Mattenbauer was published as a book.

After the death of her husband, Loeper-Housselle moved to Ispringen in Baden, where she taught at the city school. She also made regular speeches at women's gatherings.

“Ms. Loeper-Housselle is one of the most popular speakers at the women's assemblies because of her winning, poetic sense of speech. She unfolds a blessed activity at the municipal school in Ispringen in Baden and is the confidante of countless colleagues who see in her the comforting center of the large community. "

- Die Laube : The leaders of the women's movement in Germany

Marie Loeper-Housselle died on January 25, 1916.

engagement

Loeper-Housselle campaigned for girls' access to higher education. She shared Helene Lange's opinion that women are better suited to raising girls than men. From this she and her colleagues derived the demand that teacher training in Germany should be fundamentally improved.

At Whitsun 1890, together with Helene Lange and Auguste Schmidt , she founded the 85-member General German Teachers' Association in Friedrichroda . The aim of this was to promote solidarity between the teachers, who often stand alone, and to put more pressure on their demands. The association also brokered positions for teachers in Germany, France and England. In 1894 the association had 6,000 members, according to the journal Die Gartenlaube . In the article The leaders of the women's movement , Loeper-Housselle was mentioned as a central figure.

Together with Helene Lange , Minna Cauer , Henriette Schrader-Breymann , Anna Luise Dorothea Jessen and Ms. Eberty, Loeper-Housselle submitted a petition to the Prussian House of Representatives and the Prussian Ministry of Education in 1888 . In it they called for the establishment of state scientific institutions for the training of teachers. The petition itself was rejected, but the accompanying booklet , The Yellow Brochure , is considered the starting point for the Prussian girls' school reform of 1908.

literature

Loeper-Housselle, Mrs. Marie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, pp. 513-515 ( digitized version).

Web links

Commons : Marie Loeper-Housselle - Collection of images

The teacher in school and home 1899/1900 - Electronic resource of the library for research on the history of education

Individual evidence

^ Gudrun Wedel: Autobiographies of women: Ein Lexikon , Böhlau, Cologne 2010
↑ llb-detmold.de
^ Loeper-Housselle, Mrs. Marie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, pp. 513-515 ( digitized version ).
^ ^A ^b Rosalie Braun-Artaria: The leaders of the women's movement in Germany . In: The Gazebo . Issue 15, 1894, pp. 256-259 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).

personal data
SURNAME	Loeper-Housselle, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Housselle, Marie (maiden name); Löper-Housselle, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Women's rights activist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	February 11, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gross-Lesewitz near Marienburg , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1916
Place of death	Lichtenthal

[1] Gudrun Wedel: Autobiographies of women: Ein Lexikon , Böhlau, Cologne 2010

[2] -detmold.de

[3] Loeper-Housselle, Mrs. Marie . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 1. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, pp. 513-515 ( digitized version ).

[Gartenlaube-4] A ^b Rosalie Braun-Artaria: The leaders of the women's movement in Germany . In: The Gazebo . Issue 15, 1894, pp. 256-259 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).