Lida Gustava Heymann facts for kids
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Lida Gustava Heymann
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Lida Gustava Heymann in 1900
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| Born | 15 March 1868 |
| Died | 13 July 1943 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | German |
Lida Gustava Heymann (15 March 1868 – 31 July 1943) was a German feminist, pacifist and women's rights activist.
Together with her partner Anita Augspurg she was one of the most prominent figures in the bourgeois women's movement. She was, among other things, in the forefront of the Verband Fortschrittlicher Frauenvereine ("Association of Women's Groups").
She co-founded the abolitionist movement in Germany. With her vast inheritance she established a women's centre, offering meals, a crèche and counselling. She also founded a co-educational high school and professional associations for female clerks and theatre workers.
In 1902 she jointly founded (with Anita Augspurg) the first German Verein für Frauenstimmrecht ("Society for Women's Suffrage"). Together with Augspurg, she published the newspaper Frau im Staat ("Women in the State") from 1919 to 1933. This newspaper presented the pacifist, feminist and democratic positions on various subjects.
In 1923 Heymann and Augspurg called for the Austrian Adolf Hitler to be expelled from Germany. When Hitler seized power in 1933, both were out of the country; they did not return. Their property was confiscated and they settled in Switzerland. Heymann died in 1943 and was buried in Fluntern cemetery.
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In Spanish: Lida Gustava Heymann para niños
