Birgit Mikus holds a D.Phil in German Literature from the University of Oxford and is now based in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, as a member of the research staff. Her research interests include nineteenth-century studies, women’s writing, political literature, and philosophy of language.

"Mikus gibt einen guten Uberblick uber die Anfange der deutschen Frauenbewegung vor ihrer Institutionalisierung, uber fruhe feministische Strategien und viele Anregungen zum Weiterlesen." (Elke Spitzer, Ariadne Heft 96 2016)

• Contents: The Politics of Women’s Writing – Social and Legal History – Louise Aston and the Politics of the Novel – Malwida von Meysenbug: The Fight for Women’s Rights on a Personal Level – Mathilde Franziska Anneke: Fighting and Writing for the Motherland – Fanny Lewald: The Ambivalent ‘Première Dame’ of Women’s Literature – Louise Otto-Peters: Women’s Politics and Solidarity as a Matter of Course – Hedwig Dohm: ‘Bin ich ein Mensch - nichts als ein Mensch’.

Birgit Mikus holds a D.Phil in German Literature from the University of Oxford and is now based in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, as a member of the research staff. Her research interests include nineteenth-century studies, women’s writing, political literature, and philosophy of language.

"Mikus gibt einen guten Uberblick uber die Anfange der deutschen Frauenbewegung vor ihrer Institutionalisierung, uber fruhe feministische Strategien und viele Anregungen zum Weiterlesen." (Elke Spitzer, Ariadne Heft 96 2016)

• Contents: The Politics of Women’s Writing – Social and Legal History – Louise Aston and the Politics of the Novel – Malwida von Meysenbug: The Fight for Women’s Rights on a Personal Level – Mathilde Franziska Anneke: Fighting and Writing for the Motherland – Fanny Lewald: The Ambivalent ‘Première Dame’ of Women’s Literature – Louise Otto-Peters: Women’s Politics and Solidarity as a Matter of Course – Hedwig Dohm: ‘Bin ich ein Mensch - nichts als ein Mensch’.

Birgit Mikus holds a D.Phil in German Literature from the University of Oxford and is now based in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, as a member of the research staff. Her research interests include nineteenth-century studies, women’s writing, political literature, and philosophy of language.

"Mikus gibt einen guten Uberblick uber die Anfange der deutschen Frauenbewegung vor ihrer Institutionalisierung, uber fruhe feministische Strategien und viele Anregungen zum Weiterlesen." (Elke Spitzer, Ariadne Heft 96 2016)

• Contents: The Politics of Women’s Writing – Social and Legal History – Louise Aston and the Politics of the Novel – Malwida von Meysenbug: The Fight for Women’s Rights on a Personal Level – Mathilde Franziska Anneke: Fighting and Writing for the Motherland – Fanny Lewald: The Ambivalent ‘Première Dame’ of Women’s Literature – Louise Otto-Peters: Women’s Politics and Solidarity as a Matter of Course – Hedwig Dohm: ‘Bin ich ein Mensch - nichts als ein Mensch’.