page_title: Amalie Sieveking
hierarchical_section_title: Amalie Sieveking
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Amalie Sieveking (1794-1859) war eine Mitbegruenderin der organisierten Diakonie in Deutschland.
context_page_description: Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking was a German philanthropist and social activist who founded the Weiblicher Verein für Armen- und Krankenpflege. She initiated employment and practical training for the poor, and promoted the building of affordable housing and hospitals. She is regarded as a forerunner of modern German social work.
context_section_description: Amalie Wilhelmine Sieveking (25 July 1794 – 1 April 1859) was a German philanthropist and social activist who founded the Weiblicher Verein für Armen- und Krankenpflege (Women's association for the care of the poor and invalids). She initiated employment and practical training for the poor, and promoted the building of affordable housing and hospitals. She is regarded as a forerunner of modern German social work.
caption: Amalie Sieveking (1841), painting by Hans Heinrich Port
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