The association was created by Louise Otto-Peters and Auguste Schmidt in Leipzig on 18 October 1865.
The first SPD chairman August Bebel was also present when the association was founded.
[1] One example of their early work was when Maria von Linden was refused full entry as a student to University of Tübingen.
The German Association of Female Citizens is affiliated with the International Alliance of Women.
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