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Woman of the week:

Angelika Mechtel

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Woman of the week:

Muriel Rukeyser

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Woman of the week:

Judith Leyster

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Woman of the week:

Anita Rée

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Woman of the week:

Karoline von Günderrode

German author

Born 11 February 1780 in Karlsruhe
Died 26 July in Winkel in Rheingau
200th anniversary of death on 26 July 2006

Karoline, the oldest of six siblings, came from a cultivated but impoverished aristocratic family. In 1797 she entered a residence for noblewomen in Frankfurt, an institution in which poor unmarried aristocratic ladies were cared for and could live respectably while still keeping an eye out for a suitable marriage partner. Karoline was described as beautiful, gentle and shy. She and her friend Lisette Mettingh discussed society’s discrimination against women. One way to escape such limitations was education, which Karoline acquired by indefatigable reading. She was soon as knowledgeable as the best-educated of her time. Karoline concerned herself with literature, philosophy, …

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Woman of the week:

Louisa Catherine Adams

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