Marie Loeper-Housselle Explained

Marie Loeper-Housselle
Birth Date:	11 February 1837
Birth Place:	Gross-Lesewitz, West Prussia
Death Place:	Baden-Baden, Germany
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Educator, Suffragist

Marie Loeper-Housselle (1837-1916) was a German educator and advocate for the education of girls and women. She founded the trade journal for teachers Die Lehrerin in Schule und Haus.^[1]

Life

Loeper-Housselle was born on 11 February 1837 in Gross-Lesewitz, West Prussia.^[2]

Loeper-Housselle began her career as an educator in Elbląg where she finish her apprenticeship. After her marriage, she moved to Strasbourg, Alsace and there she became interested in organizing teachers and also improving education for girls.^[3]

She founded the first German teacher's professional journal, Die Lehrerin in Schule und Haus (The teacher in school and house)^[4] and the organization Allgemeine deutsche Lehrerinnen-Verein (General German teachers association).^[3]

Loeper-Housselle died on 25 January 1916 in Baden-Baden, Germany.^[2]

See also

• List of suffragists and suffragettes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loeper-Housselle, Marie (1837-1916) . Kalliope Verbund . 19 August 2019.
2. Web site: Loeper-Housselle, Marie . Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek . 19 August 2019.
3. Web site: Loeper-Housselle, Mrs. Marie . Lexikon deutscher Frauen der Feder . Zeno.org . 19 August 2019 . de.
4. Web site: Marie Loeper-Housselle, February 11, 1837 - January 25, 1916 . fotolibra . 19 August 2019.