200 Years of Rheinhessen: Women from Mainz in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt
With the brochure "... or Darmstadt. Mainz Women and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt", the women's office of the state capital Mainz wants to remind us how influential the residential city of Darmstadt was for Mainz women and their women's associations from 1816 onwards.
200 Years of Rheinhessen
In 2016, no one here can ignore Rheinhessen and the region’s now two-hundred-year history. Neither can we. But we want to shed light not only on the female perspective but also on the Darmstadt perspective regarding the events of two hundred years ago. This includes figures such as Franziska Lennig, Kathinka Zitz, Anna Ethel, and Agnes Pirscher, as well as the Alice Women’s Association for Nursing, the Mainz Teachers’ Seminary for Women, and the Dreistädtebund Women’s Art Association.
Rheinhessen may have been geographically close, but socially and politically, Darmstadt was where the action was for the women of Mainz. In addition, the brochure offers brief profiles of the six Grand Duchesses of Hesse and by the Rhine, the two Darmstadt women Louise Dittmar and Luise Büchner, and a brief overview of key decisions regarding women’s policy made by the grand ducal government(s).
Upon receipt of €1.45 in stamps, we will gladly send you the brochure.