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Alice Salomon (1872–1948)

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SALOMON, Alice
Geboortedatum
1872-04-19
Overlijdensdatum
1948-08-30
Graflocatie
The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
Germany (birth)
USA (naturalized|1944)
Geboorteplaats
Berlin, Germany
Plaats van overlijden
New York, New York, USA
Woonplaatsen
New York, New York, USA
Opleiding
Friedrich Wilhelm University, Berlin
Beroepen
teacher
feminist
economist
social worker
social reformer
autobiographer
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Alice Salomon was born in Berlin, Germany, to an assimilated Jewish family. She attended a Protestant girls' high school and aspired to become a teacher; but, like many other well-to-do German families of this period, her family would not support her higher education. However, after she turned 21, she was able to choose for herself, and took classes in economics at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. She won a place at the university, and obtained a doctorate in 1908 with a dissertation on the causes of income inequality between men and women. She became a pioneer in the development of social work in Europe. In 1908, she established the Soziale Frauenschule (Social Women's School), the first school to offer professional training in social work. After World War I, she went to work for the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs and traveled widely with diplomatic privileges in North America and Europe, giving presentations. Following the tour, she published the most influential of her 10 or so books, Soziale Diagnose (Social Diagnosis, 1926). In 1925, she and colleagues founded the Deutsche Akademie für soziale und pädagogische Frauenarbeit (German Academy for Women’s Social and Educational Work). The academy attracted speakers such as Albert Einstein, Carl Gustav Jung, and Helene Weber. In 1932, to honor her 60th birthday, the Soziale Frauenschule was officially re-named the Alice Salomon School of Social Work. However, the Nazi regime that came to power the following year took her name off buildings and stripped her of all degrees, offices, and public functions. In 1937, she was interrogated by the Gestapo and expelled from Germany. She went to the USA, settling in New York City, and became an American citizen. Except for occasional lectures and speaking engagements, however, she was unable to find a job and ended her days living in isolation and poverty. She had completed writing her memoirs in 1944, but could not find a publisher. Nearly 40 years later, the manuscript, which had been considered lost after her death, was rediscovered, translated, and first published in Germany. It finally appeared in English in the USA under the title Character is Destiny: The Autobiography of Alice Salomon in 2004. Her former school in Berlin was eventually renamed in her memory, and a university, a park, and a square in Berlin are all named for her today.

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