Charlotte Führer
Charlotte Fuhrer (1834-November 5, 1907)[1] was a German author and midwife/"doctress". She was born in Hanover, Germany in 1834 as Johanne Louise Charlotte Heise, to Evangelical Lutheran parents[2]; her father was a general in the Hanoverian army. At the age of 17, she married Ferdinand Adolph Fuhrer, who she refers to by the psuedonym "Gustav Schroeder" in her book.[2] Shortly afterwards, she and Ferdinand moved to New York, in the United States.[3] They had two daughters there, named Otillia and Maria.[2] Ferdinand started a business selling imported German goods there, but the business failed, and in 1856 they moved back to Germany.[3][2] There, she enrolled in Hamburg University, and became a midwife.[3] During this time she had a third daughter, Louisa.[2] In 1851, her father died.[2] After she graduated, on April 17, 1859[2], she and her husband sailed to Montreal, where she practiced as a midwife for 30 years.[3] Shortly after their arrival, she had a fourth daughter, Elizabeth.[2] She went on to have another daughter, Laura, in 1860, and a son, Friedrich, in 1866.[2] In the summer of 1873, Ottilia and Maria both died of typhus.[2] During this time in Montreal, she wrote Mysteries of Montreal: Memoirs of a Midwife, a recollection of her experiences as a midwife in Montreal, published in 1881.[3] In 1884 her son Friedrich also died of typhus.[2] Charlotte herself succumbed to cancer on November 5, 1907.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2588808641/fhrer-charlotte-18341907.html
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Fuhrer, Cahrlotte (1984). The Mysteries of Montreal: Memoirs of a Midwife. UBC Press. pp. 1–3. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e Roland, Charles G. (1967). "Mysterious Montrealer: Charlotte Fuhrer". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 96. Canadian Medical Association: 1589–1591. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
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