Else Mayer

Else Mayer (1891–1962) was a German nun and women's liberation activist during the period of first-wave feminism. She was one of the pioneers of the German Women's Liberation Movement. Together with Alexandra Bischoff she founded the Erlöserbund.

Else Mayer
Born1891 (1891)
Died1962 (aged 70–71)
NationalityGerman
OccupationNun, women's liberation activist

Biography

Else Mayer was the daughter of the German jeweler Victor Mayer. She spent her childhood and youth in the family business before she became a nun. After she visited several nunneries she decided to found her own, Erlöserbund, in 1916. With the support of her family she bought buildings in Bonn and started to support young female students who received housing from her.

Erlöserbund was closed in 2005 and reorganized as a charitable foundation. The Else Mayer Foundation presents an annual award, the Else Mayer Award, to applicants who are deemed to qualify as ideological successors to Else Mayer. The award is for 4000 euros. German Education Minister Annette Schavan was the inaugural recipient of this award in 2006.[1] The German feminist Alice Schwarzer received the award in 2007.

Publications
  • The Else Mayer Foundation official Website
  • The Donation Else Mayer ISBN 3-00-020628-0/ISBN 978-3-00-020628-3
  • Else Mayer Award
  • Bonn Newspaper
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References
  1. "Annette Schavan erste Preisträgerin" [Annette Schavan first prize winner]. General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2017-05-22.


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