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Amalia Holst

Writer · Writers · Lived 1758 to 1829 · aged 70

Amalia Holst was a German writer, intellectual, and early feminist. Her work examined traditional pedagogy and challenged Enlightenment writers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau. She often is called the German counterpart to Mary Wollstonecraft. Little is known about Amalia Holst's life.

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She rose to prominence in the late 1700s through her works as a teacher. She became more widely recognized in the 1970s, after her work was rediscovered and republished by Kassel University Press.

Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1758 to 1829 · aged 70