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Emma Trosse

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1863 – 1949

Emma Trosse
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German educator Emma Trosse was the first woman to write a scientific work on sexual diversity. It was in that work that she also addressed the existence of asexuality. She identified as asexual herself.

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Portrait “Emma Trosse aka Emma Külz-Trosse”
Year: Unknown
Collection: Kreis-Ahrweiler
Photographer: Unknown

Book cover “Ist freie liebe Sittenlosigkeit?”
Year: 1897
Collection: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Book cover “Konträrsexualismus”
Year: 1895
Collection: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

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