The Margarete Schurgast papers contain correspondence; writings, including a European travel diary in German (1924, 1941); legal and identification documents; printed matter concerning the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Carrie Chapman Catt, and Karin Michaëlis, and clippings about Schurgast; photographs of both Schurgast and her friend Ellen Key; and one file of materials concerning Alexander Deutsch, a German émigré and friend.
Margarete Schurgast, born in Berlin, Germany in 1871, was a boardinghouse owner and Jewish feminist and pacifist who fled Nazi rule in 1941, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Language (note)
In German and English.
Author
Schurgast, Margarete, 1871-
Title
Margarete Schurgast papers, 1918-1945.
Restricted access
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Biography
Margarete Schurgast, born in Berlin, Germany in 1871, was a boardinghouse owner and Jewish feminist and pacifist who fled Nazi rule in 1941, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio. In Germany Schurgast co-founded the Aid Society for Educated Women, and was an active member of the WILPF and the League for Human Rights. She was a friend and correspondent of Carrie Chapman Catt, Karin Michaëlis, and Rosika Schwimmer.
Language
In German and English.
Finding aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.