Soziale Frauenschule was the name given to certain educational institutions that emerged in Germany between the turn of the century and the beginning of the 1920s.
In the course of the women's movement, they pursued the goal of vocational training for women in the welfare care sector. Another aim was to overcome the hardship of the First World War, which particularly affected women, who were to be supported by qualified female staff.[1] The first Sociale Frauenschule (Social Women's School) was established as a further development of a training school for kindergarten teachers in Berlin in 1908, founded by Alice Salomon, who also directed the school.[2] It offered a broad two-year training with theoretical and practical parts side by side. The teachers came from the environment of the health department and welfare office and initially taught voluntarily. By the First World War, there were 14 women's social schools in Germany.[3]
Examples of such facilities:
| Current name of the school | Place | Date of foundation | Founder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 October 1908[4] | Alice Salomon[5] | |||
| Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik | Mannheim | 1916[6] | Marie Bernays Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner Alice Bensheimer Julie Bassermann | |
| Sozialpädagogisches Institut der Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg | Hamburg | 1917 | Gertrud Bäumer and Marie Baum[7] | |
| Munich University of Applied Sciences formerly Soziale Frauenschule München Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik | München | 1919 | Frieda Duensing Anna Heim-Pohlmann from 1921 | |
Abteilung Aachen | Köln later Aachen[8] | 8 November 1916 | Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund durch Hedwig Dransfeld[9] and Helene Weber |