Agnes von Zahn-Harnack (19 June, 1884, Gießen – 22 May 1950, Berlin) was German teacher, writer and bourgeois women's rights activist.

Agnes von Zahn-Harnack
Agnes von Harnack, from a 1916 publication
Born	(1884-06-19)19 June 1884 Gießen, German Empire
Died	22 May 1950(1950-05-22) (aged 65) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Teacher Writer Women's rights activist
Parent(s)	Adolf von Harnack (father)

Early life

She was the daughter of the theologian Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930) and Amalie Thiersch (1858–1937). She was born Agnes Harnack as it was only in 1914 that her father was awarded the hereditary title of nobility. She attended two girls' high schools in Berlin-Charlottenburg between 1890 and 1900. She earned a doctorate in 1912 with a thesis on German romanticism.[1]

Career

As a young woman, von Harnack was principal of a girls' high school. She wrote about German women in wartime for Current History in 1916.[1]

Zahn-Harnack was chairwoman of the Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine from 1931 to its dissolution in 1933, when they chose to break the organisation up rather than continue under the supervision of the Nazi regime.

Personal life

On 8 December 1919, Zahn-Harnack married Karl von Zahn (1877-1944) in Berlin, Germany. Zahn-Harnack's husband was a civil servant in the Weimar Republic's Ministry of the Interior.

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