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Elsbeth Georgi
1882–1975
A German scholar and writer whose work captures the social questions and labor debates of the early 20th century. Best known for a study of the general strike, she brings a thoughtful, analytical voice to a turbulent period in modern history.
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About the author
Born in Heidelberg in 1882 and later dying in Basel in 1975, Elsbeth Georgi is listed in major German biographical and library records as a German-language writer and economist. Archival records also describe her as a social welfare official and teacher, suggesting a career that connected scholarship with practical social work.
Her best-known work is Theorie und Praxis des Generalstreiks in der modernen Arbeiterbewegung, an inaugural dissertation submitted at the University of Zurich in 1908. The book examines the idea of the general strike within the modern labor movement and has remained available through public-domain and library editions.
Although detailed biographical information appears to be limited online, the surviving record points to a serious early-20th-century intellectual engaged with questions of labor, politics, and social organization. That background gives her writing a clear historical interest for listeners drawn to political thought and the history of social movements.