Lina Morgenstern residence

Lina Morgenstern was a writer, women's rights activist and social activist. Born on November 25 in Breslau as the third of six children of the Jewish furniture and antique dealer Albert Bauer and his wife Fanny (née Adler), she founded the " Pfennigverein zur Unterstützung armer Schulkinder" (penny association for the support of poor schoolchildren) in Breslau together with friends as early as 1848. In 1854 she married the merchant Theodor Morgenstern (1827-1910) and moved to Berlin. In 1857 Lina Morgenstern began writing children's books. In 1859 - the year her daughter Olga was born - Lina Morgenstern founded the "Berliner Frauen-Verein zur Beförderung der Fröbel'schen Kindergärten" (Berlin Women's Association for the Promotion of Froebel's Kindergartens) together with Adolf Lette, of which she was chairwoman from 1861 -1866. During these years, eight kindergartens and an educational institute for kindergarten teachers were opened. After her call for the creation of people's kitchens and the foundation of the " Association of Berlin People's Kitchens ", the opening of the first people's kitchen followed as early as September 1866. In 1868 she published a book on people's kitchens - (Universal Cookbook for the Healthy, the Sick and the Convalescent and the First Textbook for Cooking Schools). Lina Morgenstern was also active in the women's movement. In 1868 she founded the Akademie zur Fortbildung junger Damen, in 1873 the Berliner Hausfrauenverein. From 1874 she was the editor of the Deutsche Hausfrauen-Zeitung. But Lina Morgenstern was also active on other levels. The "Verein zur Sittlichkeit" (Association for Morality) and, within this framework, in collaboration with the dentist Henriette Tiburtius (1834-1911), a "Mägdeherberge" (Hostel for Maids), the Berlin "Kinderschutzverein" (Association for the Protection of Children) and the "Akademie zur Fortbildung junger Damen" (Academy for the Further Education of Young Ladies) were further creative stations of her commitment. At the first International Women's Congress in Berlin in 1896, Lina Morgenstern was one of the speakers before more than 1,800 delegates from all over the world. Lina Morgenstern died on December 16, 1909 and found her final resting place at the Jewish Cemetery Berlin - Weißensee.