Minna Wettstein-Adelt

Minna Wettstein-Adelt (1869-died around 1908, precise date unknown) was a German-French journalist and writer, who also wrote under the names Aimée Duc and Helvetia.

Life Born on 1 May 1869 in Strassburg, Minna Adelt-Duc grew up in France. She married a Swiss writer, Dr. Wettstein, and later lived in Berlin, Dresden and Munich. She edited Draisena, a journal for ladies riding bikes, and was the publisher of the Berlin Modekorrespondenz (Fashion Letter).

Her pseudonymously published 1901 novel Are They Women portrayed a group of "independent, intellectually driven, same-sex loving female medical students" in Switzerland: the students in the novel view themselves as a 'third sex', and at the heart of the book is a successful lesbian relationship between two of them, Minotchka and Marta.

Works Minna Wettstein-Adelt, 3 1/2 Monate Fabrik-Arbeiterin. Eine practische Studie [Three and a Half Months as a Factory Worker. A practical study]. 1893 (online digital version). Aimée Duc, Sind es Frauen?: Roman über das dritte Geschlecht [Are These Women? A novel about the third sex], 1901 Aimée Duc, Ich will [I want], 1902 Aimée Duc, Des Pastors Liebe. Ein Modernes Sittenbild [The pastor's love. A modern portrayal of manners], 1904