Henriette Goldschmidt | |
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 circa 1910 | |
| Born | Henriette Benas 23 November 1825 |
| Died | 30 January 1920 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | education activist, women's rights activist and social worker |
| Years active | 1865–1917 |
| Known for | founding first higher education school for women in Germany |
Henriette Goldschmidt (1825–1920) was a German Jewish feminist, pedagogist and social worker. She was one of the founders of the German Women's Association (German: Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein) and worked to improve women's rights to access education and employment. As part of that effort, she founded the Society for Family Education and for People's Welfare (German: Verein fuer Familienerziehung und Volkswohl) and the first school offering higher education to women in Germany.