Alexandrine veigele

Alexandrine Veigele (;Efn| ; her surname is also recorded as . She later married John Veigele. In October 1866, the family moved to London with their daughter Adrienne, then aged five. Her husband worked as a tailor, and Veigele worked as a French teacher. In 1898, she published Is Meat Eating Beneficial to Health? A Paddington Lady's Experience.

Women's Vegetarian Union

On 5 March 1895, Veigele founded the Women's Vegetarian Union at Granville House, Arundel Street, London, with 50 women attending the inaugural meeting. She was elected the organisation's first president. It was described as the first vegetarian society established specifically for women. Full members pledged to abstain from meat, while associates undertook to promote knowledge of health and vegetarian principles.

The society promoted vegetarian cookery and associated dietary reform with sobriety and temperance. Its work included lectures, cookery demonstrations, social gatherings and the provision of low-cost meals for poor people.

Later years and death In the 1901 United Kingdom census, Veigele was recorded as a widowed, naturalised British subject.

Veigele's final years were affected by her daughter's illness and financial difficulties. She was buried at Morden Cemetery on 11 June.

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