Agnes Karll

[1] Karll's first ambition was to become a teacher and attended Johanna Willborn's advanced training school in Schwerin, which put her in touch with the women's movement at the time and allowed her to meet German feminist Helene Lange.

She coined the term “nurse.” In 1907, she established a systematic and well-founded three-year nurses training program, including a final examination and state recognition.

Because of her efforts, further improvements were introduced regularly for everyday nursing work, including a wage sufficient to cover the cost of living.

Today it is named Deutscher Berufsverband für Pflegeberufe (DBfK) and is the largest free professional nurses` association in Germany.

Karll died in 1927 in Berlin, and is buried in the family vault on Jarmstorfer Strasse, in a secluded spot in the old Gadebuscher cemetery.

A business meeting of the officers of the German Nurses' Association , with Agnes Karll on the far right.
Clinic Agnes Karll in Laatzen , Germany