Alice Salomon

Civil Rights Leader

Birthday April 19, 1872

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Aug 30, 1948 (76)

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About

Prominent social reformer who founded the German Academy for Women's Social and Educational Work in 1925.

Before Fame

She served in her early adulthood as Deputy Chairman of the Federation of German Women's Associations, an organization that advocated for single, poverty-stricken mothers.

Trivia

She was interrogated by the Nazi Gestapo during the 1930s and forced to leave Germany. She became a United States citizen in 1944.

Family Life

She was one of eight children born to Anna and Albert Salomon.

Associated With

Notable psychiatrist and psychological theorist Carl Jung was one of many prominent speakers at Salomon's German Academy for Women's Social and Educational Work.