- Additional Authors
- Description
- 0.4 linear foot (1 box).
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Forms part of the Schwimmer-Lloyd Collection.
- Access (note)
- Biography (note)
- 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)
- Call Number
- MssCol 6307
- OCLC
- NYPG06-A144
- Author
Schurgast, Margarete, 1871-
- Title
Margarete Schurgast papers, 1918-1945.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- 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.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947.
Deutsch, Alexander.
Key, Ellen, 1849-1926.
Michaëlis, Karin, 1872-1950.
Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948.
- Research Call Number
MssCol 6307