Luise Aston
German writer, editor (1814–1871)
Luise Aston or Louise Aston (26 November 1814, Gröningen – 21 December 1871, Wangen im Allgäu) was a German author and feminist, who championed the rights of women, and was known for dressing in male attire. She was an advocate of democracy, free love, and sexuality.
Biography
Luise Hoche was born on 26 November 1814, in Gröningen, the daughter of the theologian Johann Gottfried Hoche. She married Samuel Aston, a wealthy factory owner of English descent, in 1835. She was later to say that her father had forced her to marry. The spouses lived in Magdeburg, where she caused scandals in the local society. In 1839, was given a divorce in Berlin. The couple remarried and divorced a second time in 1844. After her second divorce she lived in Berlin with the poet Rudolf Gottschall, befriended Otto von Corvin and Max Stirner and walked around on the street smoking cigars dressed as a male.
She was an atheist, a democrat, and a republican, and she criticized marriage.
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