Amelia Freund facts for kids

Amelia Freund (born 1824, died 1887) was an amazing woman from Prussia. She was an inventor, someone who edited magazines, and a strong supporter of fairness for women. She also believed in a system called socialism, which aims for everyone to be equal.

Amelia Freund's Life Story

Amelia Freund was born in Prussia around 1824. She married Dr. Jonas Charles Hermann Freund in London in 1846. They had eight children together. After her children were born, Amelia became very active in groups that worked for women's rights.

Fighting for Fairness

Woman-The Social Review - 20 July 1872 edition

In 1872, Amelia started her first magazine called "Woman: The Social Review." She was the editor and used the pen name Amelia Lewis. This magazine talked about important ideas like equal chances for education for everyone. It also supported fairness between genders and better rules for workers. Even though the magazine's name changed to "The Social Review" later that year, it stopped being published.

Amelia didn't give up! In 1874, she started another magazine called "Women's Opinion." She wanted this magazine to share women's thoughts and ideas. It started as a weekly magazine, then became monthly, but it also stopped after a few months.

An Inventor's Mind

Amelia was also very interested in food and cooking. She invented an improved stove! Her "People's Stove" was designed to save fuel. It could even burn things like straw or peat. Her special stove had a part called a "frizzler" that could fry food without making it hard.

In 1875, her stove won an award at a big exhibition in Paris. People said her stove used much less fuel than regular fireplaces. It could cook food and also warm up a room.

More Magazines and Moving On

In 1876, Amelia launched another weekly magazine called "National Food and Fuel Reformer." This magazine was printed for a while. At the same time, she started "The Housekeeper: A Domestic Journal."

Her last magazine was "Food and Health Leaves," which she started in 1879. It was published for about eight months.

Amelia's son, John Christian Freund, also started a magazine in 1871 called "The Deep Blue." Many important writers who believed in socialism wrote for his magazine, including his mother. When her son moved to the United States in 1873, Amelia followed him in 1879 after her husband passed away. Amelia Freund was mentioned in the New York Times in 1881.