Marie Stritt

Marie Stritt (18 February 1855 – 16 December 1928) was a German feminist and a leading force in the international and German women's suffrage movement. She helped work towards woman's education and fought against state regulated prostitution. Stritt also worked for changes regarding divorce laws through the Woman's Legal Aid Society. She was a strong proponent of birth control and abortion.

Life Stritt née Bacon was born on 18 February 1855 in Segesvár, Kingdom of Hungary (today Sighișoara, Romania). She had a career as an actress at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In 1879 she married fellow actor and opera singer Albert Stritt (1847–1908).

Literature Häusliche Knabenerziehung, Berlin 1891 Frauenlogik, Dresden 1892 Die Frau gehört ins Haus, Dresden 1893 Die Bestimmung des Mannes, Dresden 1894 Weibl. Schwächen, Dresden 1894 Der Internationale Frauenkongress in Berlin 1904