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Charlotte Wolff

Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (died 1986)

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Born
September 30, 1897
Died
September 12, 1986
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1897

About Charlotte Wolff

Charlotte Wolff was a German-British physician who worked as a psychotherapist and wrote on sexology and hand analysis. Her writings on lesbianism and bisexuality were influential early works in the field. After starting on the first of two autobiographies in the 1960s, she changed the focus of her research to sexology and in 1971 published Love Between Women, one of the first studies of lesbianism. Charlotte Wolff (30 September 1897 – 12 September 1986) was a German-British physician who worked as a psychotherapist and wrote on sexology and hand analysis. Charlotte Wolff was born on 30 September 1897 in Riesenburg, West Prussia (now Prabuty, Poland) into a liberal middle-class Jewish family. Steakley. "Love between Women and Love between Men: Interview with Charlotte Wolff".

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Charlotte Wolff timeline

  1. Charlotte Wolff (30 September 1897 – 12 September 1986) was a German-British physician who worked as a psychotherapist and wrote on sexology and hand analysis.
  2. Charlotte Wolff was born on 30 September 1897 in Riesenburg, West Prussia (now Prabuty, Poland) into a liberal middle-class Jewish family.
  3. After starting on the first of two autobiographies in the 1960s, she changed the focus of her research to sexology and in 1971 published Love Between Women, one of the first studies of lesbianism.

The world when Charlotte Wolff was born

Charlotte Wolff was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

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Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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