Münsterberg, Else (1884-1955)

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Else Münsterberg to Jane Addams, August 11, 1911

Else Münsterberg to Jane Addams, September 28, 1912

Edward Clark Marsh to Jane Addams, October 11, 1911

Alice Salomon to Jane Addams, December 11, 1911

Clara Landsberg to MacMillan Company, October 26, 1912

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Birth Date

1884-10-14

Death Date

1955-07-08

Birthplace

Iserlohn, Germany

Biographical Text

Else Münsterberg translated Jane Addams' book, Twenty Years at Hull-House, into German. She was the niece of the psychologist Hugo Münsterberg, and daughter of the social reformer Emil Münsterberg. She was also a member of Madchen-und Frauengruppen, a group led by German social reformer Alice Salomon, and a resident of the Greenwich House settlement in New York.

Münsterberg married William Harbutt Dawson in 1884. Münsterberg died in 1955.