Henriette Fürth Award

The Award

Since 2004, the Henriette-Fuerth Award is awarded to students at Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences for theses that have contributed to gender research in a special way.The award is named after the Jewish social politician, feminist, scholar and publicist Henriette Fuerth, who lived and worked in Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main.The award is granted annually by the gFFZ. It is given for the best Diploma, Bachelor or Master thesis with a gender focus at Universities of Applied Sciences in Hesse. The award is endowed with EUR 500.00

Henriette Fuerth

Henriette Fuerth (August 15, 1861 - June 8, 1938) was a Jewish social politician, feminist, scholar and publicist; she was born in Gießen and lived and worked in Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main. In addition to her reputation for her scholarly work, she was also known for her social and political engagement. She was an active member of the Union for Maternity Protection and was active in the legal protection movement as well as in the Social Demogratic Party of Germany; she was also one of the first women in the city parliament of Frankfurt. As a consequence of her scholarly work, she became the first female member of the German Association for Sociology.
She was self-taught, a mother of eight children, and as a Jew, had to fight antisemitism all her lifetime. The multifaceted aspects of social discrimination she had experienced in her own life had great influence on her work and her dedicated social engagement.

The gFFZ has published a biographical brochure on Henriette Fuerth, which is available in German language. It can be ordered from the gFFZ. More information on Henriette Fuerth and this brochure can be found here. (in German language)