Schurgast, Margarete, b. 1871.
Margarete Schurgast, born in Berlin, Germany in 1871, was a boardinghouse owner and Jewish feminist and pacifist who fled Nazi rule in 1941, settling in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In Germany Schurgast co-founded the Aid Society for Educated Women, and was an active member of the WILPF and the League for Human Rights. She was a friend and correspondent of Carrie Chapman Catt, Karin Michaëlis, and Rosika Schwimmer.
From the description of Margarete Schurgast papers, 1918-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 84688681
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| associatedWith | Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947. | person |
| associatedWith | Deutsch, Alexander. | person |
| associatedWith | Key, Ellen, 1849-1926. | person |
| associatedWith | Michaëlis, Karin, 1872-1950. | person |
| associatedWith | Schurgast, Margarete, | person |
| associatedWith | Schwimmer, Rosika, 1877-1948. | person |
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