Mathilde Franziska Anneke Papers

Period 1791-1884
Total size  7 microfilms
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Mathilde F. Anneke-Giesler (1817-1884) and Fritz Anneke (1818-1872) both born in Westphalia; after the failure of the 1848 Revolution in Germany they emigrated to the USA, where Fritz became a journalist and Mathilda campaigned for women's rights and against slavery.

Content

Correspondence between Fritz and Mathilde, who frequently lived apart; letters from family members; copies of some 1848 newspapers; correspondence on the American Civil War consisting of letters by Fritz Anneke to Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, and letters to Fritz Anneke from German-American leaders; letters to Mathilde Anneke from participants in the suffrage movement with draft replies 1869-1882; manuscripts by Mathilde Anneke of addresses, articles, poems and her play 'Oithono'; correspondence concerning her girls' school in Milwaukee; diaries and memorandum books; biographical notes by their daughter Hertha Anneke and Henriette Heinzen.

NB. Originals at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

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Location of originals

Originals in the Feministisches Archiv und Dokumentationszentrum Köln