A GERMAN WOMAN SUFFRAGIST.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 14, 11 October 1907, Page 3

A GERMAN WOMAN SUFFRAGIST.

Dr. Anita; Augsburg is in the front rank ..of 'those who are. fighting for women's- suffrago.in wermany. bho is a;bbrn leader, and all'her life, even when struggling for a bare existence, has taken'great interest'in the burning • questions: of the/, day.;,' Born in a small'".'. Hanovorian town,, .she early wished to - : mako herself independent. She tried her hand at painting,. studied to- become a v teacher,- then became anactress.'; but; though .above-mediocrity in each•' of : 'tbeso/'pr6fessions,V 'none would'satisfy.her ardent spirit... .At a; fortunate -• ; moraeht ,an inheritance helped-, her,, to,, establish .herself as a' 'photographer in.Munich, and' in a few years she earned a.sufficient sum to become 1 independent ;'of photography,-and .-now'fbllc-ws' 1 her inclination' to fight for women's;',freedom./'-, ,7.',".'.v. To"bo'qualified tb work.for women's rights,'., she -found ...it. was absolutely • necessary to 'study- law, : and,' nothing daunted by the obstacles in ,her way' she 'matriculated after two years hard work, and.then went to Zurich, whore she gained"her degree.' 'She returned 'at'- the. end of that time 'with ; the proud distinction 'of being the first woman,. to become; a,' Doctor of Law; : ' She often want's a, rest from the. fight; and ! struggle;' in which' .'the vials of wrathf of : many • section's of society, are emptied on her,' devoted .head.;,, .She, thehVretireS-'to.-her own;house,, built exactly to hor directions-in the beautiful valley 'of tho.lsar in -Bavaria. In the Green" this' house ds called, . ; and . here/'-those her", friendship have ;'a'''chanco' to ce u to know the-many-sidedness of this gifted being. Gardening 'is indulged in with enthusiasm, agricultural pursuits usually rnther outside a woman's domain are • followed, ..and- her passion for riding and breaking in the wildest of horses is ■■ satisfied. Many excuraons on foot; bicycle', or horseback are undertaken to exploro the beauties of 'the : v immediate' i neighbourhood, '; and often these excursions'are. further extended, to' the Alps and oven to Italy. WhW thus, taking-.rest/and finding the ; much-heeded balance against the one-sidedness- of ; her, s political career, Dr." Augspurg's : ever-active-brain; is still' kept busy, with : tho editing of a monthly paper directly advocating women's suffrage. "With; the; heading ''Justice 'Ennobles a Nation,'-' this 1 paper ;has on its front page the picture of a',.wo'mim';holdirig' aldrV her broken : fetters,''.while .'tho .rising'sun _in' the background denotes the dawn, of better . days;;/l'his .picture,.i3 us.ed as a,stamp : on, all the communications sent but by the Gorman': Suffrage' Society. _. . ' , Ever, ready ito take; the' part of ! tho oppressed,'she was condemned only last : winter' to /pay a .fine. 'for interfering ' with: the police /in, Hamburg, who,;ac T cording. to','Anita. Augspurg's- opinion, : ill-treated a .man' heedlessly. It/is to • bei.hoped that , : ."Die Anita," as she is'popularly/called, has ..still a long ■ eareer. of usefulness .before her, and that in the -fulness of time- she may reach the goal' of/her ideals.