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'''Amalia Holst''' (''[[née]]'' '''Amalia von Justi'''; 1758–1829) was a [[Germany|German]] writer, [[intellectual]], and [[feminist]]. Her work examined traditional [[pedagogy]] and challenged [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] writers such as [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. She is often called the German counterpart to [[Mary Wollstonecraft]].<ref name="Sotiropoulos 2004">{{cite journal|last=Sotiropoulos|first=Carol Strauss|title=Scandal Writ Large in the Wake of the French Revolution: The Case of Amalia Holst|journal=Women in German Yearbook|year=2004|volume=20|pages=98–121|jstor=20688974 }}</ref> |
'''Amalia Holst''' (''[[née]]'' '''Amalia von Justi'''; 1758–1829) was a [[Germany|German]] writer, [[intellectual]], and [[feminist]]. Her work examined traditional [[pedagogy]] and challenged [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] writers such as [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]]. She is often called the German counterpart to [[Mary Wollstonecraft]].<ref name="Sotiropoulos 2004">{{cite journal|last=Sotiropoulos|first=Carol Strauss|title=Scandal Writ Large in the Wake of the French Revolution: The Case of Amalia Holst|journal=Women in German Yearbook|year=2004|volume=20|pages=98–121|jstor=20688974 }}</ref> There is still little known about Amalia Holst’s life. She rose to prominence in the late 1700’s through her works as a teacher, although she became more widely recognized in the 1970’s after her work was rediscovered and published.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Emanzipationsprüche zwischen der Querelle des Femmes und der modernen Frauenbewegung|last=Spitzer|first=Elke|publisher=Kassel University Press|year=2001|isbn=|location=|pages=163 - 181}}</ref> |
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Amalia Holst (née Amalia von Justi; 1758–1829) was a German writer, intellectual, and feminist. Her work examined traditional pedagogy and challenged Enlightenment writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She is often called the German counterpart to Mary Wollstonecraft.[1] There is still little known about Amalia Holst’s life. She rose to prominence in the late 1700’s through her works as a teacher, although she became more widely recognized in the 1970’s after her work was rediscovered and published.[2]
Life
Holst was the daughter of Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi.[1] Her father died in Küstrin Prison when she was thirteen. Holst supported herself through teaching from a young age, and eventually became the director of a school.[3]
Work
In 1791, her work Observations on the Errors of Our Modern Education by a Practical Teacher (German: Bemerkungen über die Fehler unserer modernen Erziehung von einer praktischen Erzieherinn) was published. The work examined conservative teaching methods. As an educator, in 1802, she published On the Purpose of Woman's Advanced Intellectual Development (German: Über die Bestimmung des Weibes zur höhern Geistesbildung) which promoted equal education for women and protested concepts put forth by Enlightenment writers.[1]
Legacy
Holst is memorialized in Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party installation.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Sotiropoulos, Carol Strauss (2004). "Scandal Writ Large in the Wake of the French Revolution: The Case of Amalia Holst". Women in German Yearbook. 20: 98–121. JSTOR 20688974.
- ^ Spitzer, Elke (2001). Emanzipationsprüche zwischen der Querelle des Femmes und der modernen Frauenbewegung. Kassel University Press. pp. 163–181.
- ^ Gray, Marion W. (2000). Productive Men, Reproductive Women: The Agrarian Household and the Emergence of Separate Spheres During the German Enlightenment. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 224. ISBN 1571811729.
- ^ "Amelia Holst". The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
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