In her day Gertrud Guillaume-Schack was one of the most compelling voices in Germany.
Max Kretzer  (1854–1941) dedicated his 1882 novel Die Betrogenen (The Deceived) to Gertrude Guillaume, born Countess Schack.

It told of a working girl who was seduced and later became a prostitute.

Guillaume-Schack was a strong believer in the views of August Bebel.

The famous work by Bebel entitled Die Frau und der Sozialismus (1879), with its description of the British campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts and Guillaume Schack's campaign in Germany reflected her influence.

Guillaume-Schack and Lily Braun were the only two aristocratic women to join the SDP.

Braun wrote a history of the women worker's movement of Germany in which she gave Guillaume-Schack credit for developing the movement.

This was unfair to women such as Clara Zetkin, who continued to work in Germany after Guillaume-Schack had left for England.

After Guillaume-Schack's exile the cause of protecting women and girls in Germany was first taken up by more conservative men and women.

The abolitionist movement that she had established became known as the Sittlichkeit ("purity") movement, and was led by antisemites such as Pastor Ludwig Weber, and Dr. Adolf Stoecker.
Members could not be socialist and must be Christian.

Within a decade, though, young and liberal women who had heard her speak in London took up the Abolitionist cause in Germany including Anna Pappritz, Anita Augspurg, Katharina Scheven, and Minna Cauer.
In her day Gertrud Guillaume-Schack was one of the most compelling voices in Germany.Max Kretzer  (1854–1941) dedicated his 1882 novel Die Betrogenen (The Deceived) to Gertrude Guillaume, born Countess Schack.
It told of a working girl who was seduced and later became a prostitute.
Guillaume-Schack was a strong believer in the views of August Bebel.
The famous work by Bebel entitled Die Frau und der Sozialismus (1879), with its description of the British campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts and Guillaume Schack's campaign in Germany reflected her influence.
Guillaume-Schack and Lily Braun were the only two aristocratic women to join the SDP.
Braun wrote a history of the women worker's movement of Germany in which she gave Guillaume-Schack credit for developing the movement.
This was unfair to women such as Clara Zetkin, who continued to work in Germany after Guillaume-Schack had left for England.
After Guillaume-Schack's exile the cause of protecting women and girls in Germany was first taken up by more conservative men and women.
The abolitionist movement that she had established became known as the Sittlichkeit ("purity") movement, and was led by antisemites such as Pastor Ludwig Weber, and Dr. Adolf Stoecker. Members could not be socialist and must be Christian.
Within a decade, though, young and liberal women who had heard her speak in London took up the Abolitionist cause in Germany including Anna Pappritz, Anita Augspurg, Katharina Scheven, and Minna Cauer.
Gertrude Guillaume-Schack