Lectures Offered by the Women’s Education Association in Leipzig (1865-1884)

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III. Status of the continuing education school in 1875:

Classes in:
(18 hours per week)

			German	Math	Drafting
			French	Geography	Engraving and
			English	Accounting	Tailoring
			History		Machine sewing
					Singing

Original German texts reprinted in Margrit Twellmann, Die Deutsche Frauenbewegung im Spiegel repräsentativer Frauenzeitschriften. Ihre Anfänge und erste Entwicklung [The German Women’s Movement as Reflected in Representative Women's Journals: Its Beginnings and Initial Development], 2 vols., vol. 2, Quellen 1843-1889 [Sources 1843-1889]. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1972, p. 457.

Translation: Erwin Fink




IV. Status of the facilities operated by the Leipzig Women's Education Association in 1884:

Evening entertainment events – Winter 1883/84: 26 events held

An attempt was made to keep up with contemporary events. As a result, commemorative days were organized for: Raffael, Leibniz, Luther, Zwingli; there was a belated celebration for the erection of the “Germania” [monument] and a funeral ceremony for Emanuel Geibel.

“On many occasions, tableaux and short plays were performed on the hall’s stage, partly read with assigned roles; choruses and duets were sung, the latter often in costume. In this way, serious pursuits alternated with humorous ones [ . . . ]. ”



Source: Neue Bahnen [New Paths] 19, no. 10 (1884): p. 84.

Original German texts reprinted in Margrit Twellmann, Die Deutsche Frauenbewegung im Spiegel repräsentativer Frauenzeitschriften. Ihre Anfänge und erste Entwicklung [The German Women’s Movement as Reflected in Representative Women's Journals: Its Beginnings and Initial Development], 2 vols., vol. 2, Quellen 1843-1889 [Sources 1843-1889]. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1972, p. 457.

Translation: Erwin Fink