Else Jerusalem

Else Jerusalem
A photograph of Else Jerusalem.
Else Jerusalem, photographed before 1911.
BornElse Kotányi
November 23, 1876
Vienna, Austria
DiedJanuary 20, 1943(1943-01-20) (aged 66)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationFeminist writer and researcher
LanguageGerman
Notable worksDer heilige Skarabäus (1909)

Else Jerusalem (November 23, 1876 – January 20, 1943) was an Austrian writer and feminist intellectual. Considered a "thought leader" of the period, she is known for her best-selling 1909 novel Der heilige Skarabäus, which was based on her research on prostitution in Vienna.