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Clara Jaschke
Clara Berta Anna Jaschke (either 1848 or 1858 - 3 January 1912)Sterberegister Standesamt Lichtenberg 1, Nr. 14/1912 was one of Prussia and Germany's first women railway workers and a campaigner for women's rights. Early life Clara Berta Anna Jaschke, known as Clara (sometimes spelled Klara), was born in either 1848 or 1858 in Åšwidnica, Schweidnitz, Silesia, (now Åšwidnica in Poland) the daughter of a stationmaster employed by the Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company, which meant that she was familiar with Rail transport, railway work from a young age. Women were only allowed to work in certain support roles on the German railway at the time. From 1870, unmarried women (often from railway families) were employed as telegraphists and ticket sellers. The pay for women was lower than for men, and women were only paid and employed on a daily basis, rather than on a proper contact. Career Sometime between 1873 and 1875 Jaschke began working as a ticket seller at the Schlesischer Bahnhof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åšwidnica
Świdnica (; ; ) is a city on the Bystrzyca (Oder), Bystrzyca River in south-western Poland in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. As of 2021, it has a population of 55,413 inhabitants. It is the seat of Świdnica County, and also of the smaller district of Gmina Świdnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Gmina Świdnica (although it is not part of the territory of the latter, as the town forms a separate urban gmina). It is the seventh largest city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Świdnica became part of the Wałbrzych urban agglomeration, agglomeration on 23 January 2014. A city with almost a thousand years of history, recorded in 1070, Świdnica was one of the main cities of Silesia and southwestern Poland in the Middle Ages, the second most important center of culture and art in the region (after Wrocław), a famed brewing center, and in 1291–1392 the capital of an eponymous principality ruled by a local line of the Piast dynasty. The city has a preserved Old Town with several G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
