Louise Otto-Peters

Louise Otto-Peters was a German writer, poet, journalist, and feminist who used literature and political journalism to address women’s education, employment, and civic participation. In 1865, she co-founded the Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein, an organization that helped launch Germany’s organized women’s movement. She also edited Frauen-Zeitung and Neue Bahnen, while publishing works including Das Recht der Frauen auf Erwerb (1866).