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Luise Aston
Luise Aston, or Louise Aston (26 November 181421 December 1871), 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.
Louise Aston was 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
Elisabeth Heimpel: Aston, Luise. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, , S. 423 (Digitalisat).
- Jenny Warnecke: Die Eisenbahn: eine zugkräftige Metapher der Revolution von 1848 in Louise Astons Roman "Revolution und Contrerevolution", in: Christina Ujma: Wege in die Moderne. Reiseliteratur von Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftstellern des Vormärz. Bielefeld, 2009.
- Horst-Peter Wolff: ASTON, Luise In: Horst-Peter Wolff (Hrsg.)