Fränkel, Ida Maria Lass (1861-1932)

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Ida Maria Lass Fränkel to Jane Addams, January 30, 1922

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Matthew Nickson

Hi,

my name is Matthew Nickson and Ida Maria Frankel is my maternal great grand mother. I have been doing a lot of research and did come across a reference to an anti war phamphlet written by an Ida Maria Frankel. I wasn't sure if it was my relation as all I had was a reference and she had spent the 1st W War in Germany.

My relative was born in Memel Prussia in 1861 and went to the US in July 1881 and married Gotthold Frankel and had two daughters Julia and Katherine. Julia is my relation.

Can you please provide me with any information that you have regarding her and also where I can get a copy of the phamphlet she wrote.

I live in Australia.

Please contact me for any more information.

regards

Matthew

Birth Date

1861-08-17

Death Date

1932-06-23

Birthplace

Memil, East Prussia

Biographical Text

Ida Maria Lass Fränkel was a Prussian peace activist who emigrated to the United States in 1881, but returned to Germany in 1897. Fränkel wrote a peace pamphlet, No More War: A Lecture on World Peace (1923). After publication, she was forced to leave Germany. She visited Melbourne, Australia in 1921 before settling in California from 1922. In 1930 she wrote another pamphlet, The Women of All Nations Demand Peace: Lecture on World Peace.

She married businessman Gotthold Fränkel in 1891. They had two daughters, Julia and Katherine. She was widowed in 1908. Fränkel made an unsuccessful suicide attempt in 1925 in San Francisco. She died in 1932.

Occupation

Peace activist

Teacher

Source

Picture: Ida Marie Frankel, ca. 1898, courtesy of Matthew Nickson.

Editor’s Notes

Thanks to Matthew Nickson, her great-grandson, for additional research.

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People

Map

Edited By

Glavan, Gloria

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1922

Bibliography and Links

Fails in Attempt to Commit Suicide, Bakersfield Morning Echo, June 5, 1925, p. 2.

Ida Frankel, California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959

Ida M Frankel, 1930 United States Federal Census

Ida M Frankel, California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939

Ida M Lass, New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931

Ida M Lass, New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937

Ida Maria Frankel, New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957

Ida Maria Frankel, U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925

S. F. Woman, 60, Tries Suicide, Oakland Tribune, June 4, 1925, p. 1.

Citation

“Fränkel, Ida Maria Lass (1861-1932),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed December 8, 2023, https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/24128.