Amalie sieveking biography examples
•
Sieveking, Amalie (1794–1859)
German humanitarian, charity worker, and educator who played an important role in making philanthropic activities more available to German Lutheran women. Born Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking in Hamburg, Germany, on July 25, 1794; died in Hamburg on April 1, 1859; had three brothers; never married.
Born a patrician's daughter in 1794 in Hamburg, Amalie Sieveking was orphaned at an early age, her mother dying when she was fyra and her father when she was fifteen, in 1809. Because her father's fortune had been eroded by the French occupation and the end of a once-prosperous trade with Great Britain, Amalie and her three brothers were separated and sent to board in the homes of relatives and friends. Her own school lessons—but not her brothers'—were discontinued. Later, in her adult years, when she had become a proselytizer for women's ingång into public charity, she made much of the disparity in educational opportunities for women and dock. Sieveking
•
INTRODUCTION
Above: The Flag of England
Image in the Public Domain
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CATHERINE WINKWORTH (SEPTEMBER 13, 1827-JULY 1, 1878)
Translator of Hymns
++++++++++++++++++++
JOHN MASON NEALE (JANUARY 24, 1818-AUGUST 6, 1866)
Anglican Priest, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
++++++++++++++++++++
That these hymns and tunes first sprang up on a foreign soil is no reason why they should not take root among us; all who use our Common Prayer know well how the unity of the Christian sentiment is felt to swallow up all diversity of national origin. In truth, any embodiment of Christian experience and devotion, whether in the form of hymn or prayer or meditation, or whatever shape art may give it, if it do but go to the heart of our common faith, becomes at once the rightful and most precious inheritance of the whole Christian Church.
–Catherine Winkworth, The Chorale Book for England (1862), vii
++++++++++++++++++
•
Yonge, Charlotte Mary,Biographies of Good Women:Chiefly by Contributors to ‘The Monthly Packet.’ Edited by the Author of The Heir of Redclyffe.London: Mozley, 1862. 2d ser. [At head of title: ‘More precious than rubies.’] London: Mozley, 1865. 2 vol., London: Innes, 1892. “3rd and cheaper issue” [contents of vol. 1 below], London: A. D. Innes, 1893.
A collection of women biographies, each written by different authors. The biographies aim to show both the strengths and weaknesses of these women. Written chiefly for young girls, “who are now forming their characters, and preparing to belong to one or other of the classes of women we have here described – the Sufferers – the Learners – the Workers” (from Preface).
TOC: vol. I: Olympia Morata; Lady Fanshawe; Mrs. Hutchinson; Lady Russell; Lady Grisel Baillie; Countess of Balcarres; Mum Bett; Elizabeth Carter; Elizabeth Smith; Mrs. Grant of Laggan; Carolin