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On the following page we see a photo of the founder of the one- year
training courses and of the Soziale Frauenschule (Social Women’s School)
(figure 3). Alice Salomon in 1899 at the age of 27. It is a professional photo
made by the well-known studio Elvira (figure 4). 4
The next page shows a single portrait of Frieda Duensing (1864–1921)
without any comment. She was also a pioneer; having received the first
German doctorate in law, she became the founder of youth welfare and a
lecturer of law at the Soziale Frauenschule (figure 5).
Next comes a page with photos of several teachers of the school (figure
6): Alice Salomon herself as a teacher (figure 7), Albert Levy (1862–1922),
the director of the Zentrale für private Fürsorge, the German charity organisation
society (figure 8), Margarete Treuge (1876–1962) and Lily Droescher
(1874–1944), two teachers of the theory of social education and civics
(figure 9). Then you see Margarete Berent (1887–1965), the first female lawyer
in Berlin (figure 10), Charlotte Dietrich (1887–1976), lecturer in psychology
and education, successor of Alice Salomon as head of the school from 1925
(figure 11), Bruno Harms (1890–1976), a socially engaged physician (figure
12), and finally Siddy Wronsky (1883–1948), who managed the Welfare
Archives and played an important role in Jewish welfare organisations (figure
13). She published some books together with Alice Salomon. Of course, this is
not a complete list of all teachers of the school. 5
The next page is headed „Das Schulhaus“, the school building (figure 14).
It shows pictures of the conference room, the secretary‘s office and the studio
of Alice Salomon (figure 15, figure 16, figure 17). A drawing of the conference
room, not included in the album, gives an impression of its earliest furnishing
(figure 18). In that room the International Committee of Schools of Social Work
(today: International Association of Schools of Social Work) was founded in
1929 and many social reformers from abroad were welcomed, from Japan, the
United States, Poland, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and so forth. Today it
accommodates the Alice Salomon Archives – to remind people of Alice Salomon
and her work at this historical location and to inspire and support research.
4
The Hof-Atelier Elvira was founded by Anita Augspurg (1857-1943) und Sophia Goudstikker (1865-1924) in
1887 in Munich. The studio for photography was the first business venture of women in Germany. Its founders were
prominent leaders of the radical women‘s movement. Cf. Hof-Atelier Elvira (München: Münchner Stadtmuseum,
1986).
5
Cf. Adriane Feustel, „Die Soziale Frauenschule (1908-1945)“, in Feustel and Koch,100 Jahre Soziales Lehren und
Lernen, 29-103, (33-36, 61-63).
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