Meta Wellmer was an advocate for animal welfare, vegetarianism, and women's rights.
10 Facts About Meta Wellmer
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Meta Wellmer's mother was Eva Margaretha Wirth, an unmarried weaver and the daughter of the mayor of Leonrod, who married Johann Geck in Deberndorf in 1830.
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Meta Wellmer later identified Michael Ludwig Wellmer the Royal Bavarian District Judge and City Commissioner who died in Munich in 1859, as her father; however, it is uncertain whether he was her biological father, as he was not listed on her baptismal certificate.
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Meta Wellmer taught in Germany, Switzerland, Paris, London, Madrid, and Rome.
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Meta Wellmer was one of the early female contributors to the Vereinsblatt der Freunde der naturlichen Lebensweise.
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Meta Wellmer's contributions included a poem in 1872 and a piece titled "Two Days of Travel" in Switzerland from a vegetarian perspective in 1874.
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Meta Wellmer was one of the few women who regularly wrote for the journal during the late 19th century.
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Meta Wellmer was a correspondent of Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, and his family.
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Meta Wellmer wrote to Friedrich Nietzsche in 1875, enclosing a copy of her book Geistergeschichten aus neuerer Zeit.
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Meta Wellmer died there on 1 August 1889, at the reported age of 62.