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Elisabeth was born in Vechelde on January 2, 1850 and was the youngest child. She graduated from the Callenberg “Royal Saxon teachers Seminar, which held very Puritan ideals. At 17, she passed the exam and worked in Paris and London as a private teacher. In 1875 she founded an educational institution in her hometown and served as its head until her marriage to neurologist Dr. Rudolf Gnauck in 1888. Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted until 1890, though she decided to keep her married surname.
In the 1890s Elisabeth studied multiple fields with scholars such as Gustav Schmoller and Gertrud Dyhrenfurth. During this time she spoke about the social situation of women in the 6th Evangelical Social Congress. Elisabeth published essays between 1897 and 1990. She joined the Catholic faith in 1990 and returned to Blankenburg, where she continued to write. She died of pneumonia on April 12, 1917.
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"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":[null,0],"12":0}">Caroline Franziska Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne was a suffragette and a significant figure in the Protestant and Catholic women’s movement. She is also considered the first German social politician.
Elisabeth was born in Vechelde on January 2, 1850 and was the youngest child. She graduated from the Callenberg “Royal Saxon teachers Seminar, which held very Puritan ideals. At 17, she passed the exam and worked in Paris and London as a private teacher. In 1875 she founded an educational institution in her hometown and served as its head until her marriage to neurologist Dr. Rudolf Gnauck in 1888. Unfortunately, the marriage only lasted until 1890, though she decided to keep her married surname.
In the 1890s Elisabeth studied multiple fields with scholars such as Gustav Schmoller and Gertrud Dyhrenfurth. During this time she spoke about the social situation of women in the 6th Evangelical Social Congress. Elisabeth published essays between 1897 and 1990. She joined the Catholic faith in 1990 and returned to Blankenburg, where she continued to write. She died of pneumonia on April 12, 1917.
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