Auguste von Littrow, ''née'' Bischoff von Altenstern (13 February 1819 in

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– 23 March 1890 in

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) was a German-Austrian author and women's movement leader. She was the daughter of the physician Professor Ignaz von Bischoff-Altenstern. Shortly after her 20th birthday, in 1839, she married astronomer

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and settled in Vienna. Rapidly the Littrow household developed into a meeting place of Viennese society. There

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, Josef Danhauser,

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, Joseph Lewinsky,

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all met. Asteroid 254 Augusta is named in her honour. She is the great-great grandmother of Roman Catholic Cardinal

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Bibliography

* ''Aus dem persönlichen Verkehren mit Franz Grillparzer''. Rosner Verlag, Wien, 1873. * ''Die Krankenpflege durch Frauen mit Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Verhältnisse''. Verlag Czermak, Wien, 1872. * ''Die sociale Bewegung auf dem Gebiete der Frauen''. Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg, 1868.

References

* Angela Scheider: ''Auguste und Carl von Littrow. Detailstudie einer bürgerlichen Familie des 19. Jahrhunderts''. Dissertation, Universität Wien 1999. {{DEFAULTSORT:Littrow, Auguste von Bohemian nobility Austrian untitled nobility Austrian people of German Bohemian descent Writers from Prague 1819 births 1890 deaths 19th-century Austrian women writers 19th-century Austrian writers 19th-century German writers 19th-century German male writers 19th-century German women writers