10 Facts About Marie Stritt

Marie Stritt was a German feminist and a leading force in the international and German women's suffrage movement.

Marie Stritt helped work towards woman's education and fought against state regulated prostitution.

Marie Stritt was a strong proponent of birth control and abortion.

Marie Stritt nee Bacon was born on 18 February 1855 in Segesvar, Kingdom of Hungary.

Marie Stritt had a career as an actress at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

Marie Stritt was an activist for many groups, including the women's group reform and the Women's Legal Aid Society, organizations dedicated to fighting for women's rights to education equality and legal protection.

Marie Stritt proved an important leader in the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, whose goal was to work towards women's education and to oppose state-regulated prostitution.

Marie Stritt was one of the founders of the International Alliance of Women 1904 in Berlin, Germany.

Marie Stritt was the chairperson of Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine from 1899 to 1910, the Deutscher Verband fur Frauenstimmrecht from 1913 to 1919, and the International Alliance of Women from 1913 to 1920.

Marie Stritt's activism did not end with her retirement from the board of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance; she continued to write and participate in journalism fighting for feminism issues for the remainder of her life.