Auguste von Littrow

Auguste von Littrow ( born February 13, 1819 in Prague, † March 23 1890 in Vienna) was a German - Austrian writer and women's rights activist.

Life and work

Littrow was the daughter of the physician Ignaz Prof. Rudolf Bishop of Old Star.

Shortly after her twentieth birthday married Littrow in 1839 the astronomer Karl Ludwig von Littrow and settled with him in Vienna. After a short time the Littrowsche Salon has developed into a popular meeting place for Viennese society. There Hermann Bonitz, Josef Danhauser, Marie von Ebner -Eschenbach, August Eisenmenger, Ernst von Feuchtersleben, Ottilie von Goethe, Franz Grillparzer, Friedrich Hebbel, Rudolf von Jhering, Joseph Lewinsky, Franz Miklosich met etc.

With effect of 13th November 1866 Littrow founded among others together with Iduna arbor and Helene von Hornbostel, wife of industrialist Theodor von Hornbostel, the "Association for economic progress " (later "Vienna Women's Club Acquisition ").

Works (selection)

• From the personal traffic with Franz Grillparzer. Rosner Verlag, Wien 1873.
• The nursing by women with regard to the current state of affairs. Publisher Czermak, Vienna 1872.
• The social movement in the field of women. Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1868.

Literature (selection )

• Angela Scheider: Auguste and Carl von Littrow. Detailed study of a middle-class family of the 19th century. PhD thesis, University of Vienna, 1999.