Hedda Korsch

Hedda Korsch (née Hedwig Franceska Luisa Gagliardi; August 20, 1890 – July 11, 1982) was a German educationalist and university professor who emigrated to the United States.

Hedda was born into a bourgeois Catholic family who provided her with an intellectual and artistic background.

However, she was sacked by KPD leaders on account of her relationship with husband Karl Korsch.

[3] The couple fled Germany in 1933, at first to Denmark and England, and then in 1936 to the United States where they would spend the rest of their lives.

[2] Hedda taught at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts.