Helene Stöcker
Helene Stöcker | |
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Portrait of Stöcker, c. 1903 | |
| Born | November 13, 1869 |
| Died | February 24, 1943 (aged 73) |
| Education | Royal Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin |
| Alma mater | University of Bern |
| Organization | Paco |
| Notable work | Die Liebe und die Frauen |
| Movement | Pacifism |
Helene Stöcker (13 November 1869 – 24 February 1943) was a German feminist, pacifist and gender activist. She successfully campaigned to keep same sex relationships between women legal, but she was unsuccessful in her campaign to legalise abortion. She was a pacifist in Germany and joined the Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft. As war emerged, she fled to Norway. As Norway was invaded, she moved to Japan and emigrated to America in 1942.