This post features a collection of books printed shortly after 1900 with women’s ownership inscriptions. Some are undated, but the general appearance suggests they are from the early 20th century.
Grethe Nielsen’s Onkel Toms Hytte, 1905
This book was kindly shared by Andreas Grønnebæk.
Type of ownership mark: inscription
Transcription: “Grethe Nielsen”
Min farmor fik denne bog ag hendes mor [Grethe Nielsen] da hun var lille. Min oldemor fik den i gave, som meget lille pige, og den har så været i familien side.
Andreas Grønnebæk
[My paternal grandmother got this book from her mother, Grethe Nielsen. My great-grandmother got it as a gift as a very young girl, and it has been in the family ever since.]
Liselotte Schütz’s Körners Werke (undated)
This book was kindly shared by MT.
Type of ownership mark #1: ex libris
Transcription: “Hab’ Sonne im Herzen” and “Mein Buch Liselotte Schütz” (‘Have sun in your heart’ and ‘My Book Liselotte Schütz’
Type of ownership mark #2: inscription
Transcription: “bekommen von Vati zu meinem 15. Geburtstag” (‘received from daddy for my 15th birthday”)
Gertraud Weber’s Immermanns Werke, undated
This book was kindly shared by an anonymous participant.
Type of ownership mark: inscription
Transcription: “Gertraud Weber”
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Charlotte Epple (December 23, 2025). Bonus Books: Women-owned books printed post-1900. CrowdsourceHerBook. Retrieved January 19, 2026 from https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/3359
