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Sidonie Werner

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'''Sidonie Werner''' (1860–1932) was a German Jewish schoolteacher and [[feminist]] in [[Hamburg]] who was active in the [[League of Jewish Women (Germany)|German League of Jewish Women]] which she founded in 1904, together with [[Bertha Pappenheim]]. In 1929, she organized the World Conference of Jewish Women in Hamburg.<ref name=jh></ref><ref name="Gleiss2002"></ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Poznań|Posen]] on 16 March 1860, Sidonie Werner was brought up in a well-to-do Jewish merchant's family. She attended a girls' high school before completing a course in teacher training. After first working in a Jewish school in the Hamburg suburb of [[Altona]], she was employed by the Hamburg school authority until her retirement.<ref name=jh/>

In 1893, together with Gustav Tuch, she founded the ''Israelitisch-Humanitären Frauenverein'' (Israelite Humanitarian Women's Association) which she chaired from 1908 until her death, supporting activities for children and women. In parallel, she was a strong proponent of [[women's rights]], supporting professional qualifications for women and encouraging them to participate in commercial and political activities. In 1904, together with [[Bertha Pappenheim]], she founded the German League of Jewish Women where she campainged for [[women's suffrage]] and fought again the trafficking of girls. She represented the organization both in German and abroad.<ref name=jh/>

In 1923, at the [[First World Congress of Jewish Women]] in [[Vienna]], she gave a detailed presentation of the development of organizations for Jewish women in Germany, describing their activities in regard to support for women and children. She explained that there were some 230 women's organizations attached to the League of Jewish Women, with a total membership off 45,000.<ref></ref>

On the political front, she was a candidate for the city elections in 1919 but was not elected.<ref name=jh/>

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