Kerstin Wolff

Kerstin Wolff is a Lecturer at the University of Kassel in the field of Modern and Contemporary History. She is also a researcher at the AddF – Archiv der deutschen Frauenbewegung (Kassel) since 1999, focusing on the history of the German women's movement (1848–1970), abolitionism, prostitution, and postwar feminism.

• Studied History, Political Science, and Art History at the University of Kassel
• Doctorate on bourgeois women's influence on Imperial German municipal politics (awarded 2003 Elisabeth Selbert Preis des Landes Hessen)

Her research explores intersections of gender, politics, and social movements, particularly how women shaped municipal politics, fought for suffrage, and debated issues like prostitution and housework. She co-edited works on Helene Stöcker and contributed to anthologies about women's political networks, self-documentation, and transnational feminist ideas.

Recent publications examine topics like universal suffrage debates (2021), gendered regional history (2020), and letters as movement tools (2020). Her teaching includes courses on the history of gender equality and prostitution in Wilhelmine Germany, with a focus on connecting historical analysis to contemporary gender issues.

• Key awards: Elisabeth Selbert Preis (2003)
• Contributor to academic journals and feminist forums since 2000
• Co-editor of Ariadne – Forum für Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte since 2000