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Rahel Levin Varnhagen

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Rahel Levin Varnhagen was the first intellectual Jewish woman in German history who established herself as an independent thinker.

When

19 May 1771

Biography

Rahel Levin Varnhagen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Rahel Levin Varnhagen was the first intellectual Jewish woman in German history who established herself as an independent thinker.

How & why

Rahel Levin Varnhagen was the first intellectual Jewish woman in German history who established herself as an independent thinker. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Barbara Hahn, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Barbara Hahn

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Rahel Levin Varnhagen was the first intellectual Jewish woman in German history who established herself as an independent thinker.

1771

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Barbara Hahn