Anna Simson

Anna Simson, née Haberkern (20 August 1835, Werder – 14 March 1916, Lubiąż Abbey, Silesia) was a German women's rights activist.

She was accompanied by Auguste Förster, Hanna Bieber-Böhm and Käthe Schirmacher.

In that capacity she corresponded with Teresa Wilson, the secretary to Lady Aberdeen leader of the International Council of Women.

Here she expressed the differing aspirations of the BDF who considered that Aberdeen's leadership was too disorganised and showed too much of a class orientation in favour of the aristocracy.

Within the BDF Anna was aligned with the moderates who were worried about a more radical group emerging.

Anna Simson as depicted in Program of 1899 International Congress of Women at which she was a representative of Germany [ 1 ]