Mathilde Franziska (Giesler) Anneke (1817 - 1884)

Born 3 Apr 1817 in Lerchenhausen, Hannover, Deutscher Bund

Wife of Karl Friedrich Theodor Anneke — married 3 Jun 1847 in Neuwied, Landkreis Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1884 at age 67 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Mathilde (Giesler) Anneke is Notable.

Social Reformer, Suffragist. Born in Lerchenhausen "Gut Oberleveringhausen", Westphalia, she moved to America in 1849 century and founded the first feminist newspaper in the United States in Milwaukee, which in the process, took harsh rebuke of male printers who organized against her. She became a staunch advocate of women's rights, gaining prominence for writing and editing the of stories of the times in poems. Liberal environment found the social and political condition times of African Americans which she led to vocally oppose slavery and enthusiastically support the Union during the Civil War. After the war, she founded a school for girls in Milwaukee, which she ran until her death.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

• Fact: Christening (12 Apr 1817) Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany
• Fact: Residence (1870) Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Burial (1884) Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Fact: Residence Schwelm, Westfalen, Preußen, Germany

Parents Karl Giesler and Anna Maria Elisabeth Theresia Hülswitt

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 March 2019, 11:54), entry for Matthilde Franziska Giesler(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M6XK-1C5); contributed by various users.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #30
• Kunze, Walter, "Anneke, Mathilde Franziska" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953), S. 303-304 [Online-Version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118503200.html#ndbcontent
• see also Wikidata: Item Q90720, en:Wikipedia
• German Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_Franziska_Anneke
• English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilde_Franziska_Anneke
• Digitales Deutsches Frauenarchiv https://www.digitales-deutsches-frauenarchiv.de/akteurinnen/mathilde-franziska-anneke
• Milwaukee Independent http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/class-of-1846-mathilde-franziska-anneke/
• https://www.sprockhoevel.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Texte_Stadtarchiv/anneke_neu_2.pdf
• https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/community/northlandia-historic-duluth-brewery-founded-by-the-son-of-a-suffragist