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Editha von Rahden

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Fraulein von Rahden, the favourite lady of the Court, was not to be surpassed in the art of making short compendiums of the bulkiest works, and for years German scholars joined this most unusual woman in her task, finding plenty to do in sifting the material with which the indefatigable royal reader
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During her employment with Helene Pavlovna, she became a member of her charitable nursing organisation in 1854. After this, she became engaged in several charitable organisations with a focus on medical care and female education. She assisted the Empress Maria in several of her projects.
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In the court of Helena Pawlovna, the "witty" Editha was known for her literacy and ability to summarize current literature, according to Bunnett.
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She was born to the courtier Ferdinand von Rahden and Wilhelmine von Keyserling on 20 December 1823. She was a
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Philanthropist
philanthropist
lady-in-waiting
Helena Pawlovna
Maria Fedorovna
literary salon
Leskov
Carmen Sylva
St. Petersburg, Russia


"Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon Digital"


DISTINGUISHED PERSON IN RUSSIAN SOCIETY
Categories
1823 births
1885 deaths
19th-century Latvian people
Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
Philanthropists from the Russian Empire
Ladies-in-waiting from the Russian Empire
Salon holders from the Russian Empire
19th-century philanthropists

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