It was not only the gentlemen Goethe, Herder, Schiller, Liszt, Feininger, and Gropius, but especially the ladies who significantly contributed to making the small Thuringian town of Weimar a world-famous site of art and culture. Whether as regents, salon hostesses, writers, women's rights activists, or avant-garde artists - Duchess Anna Amalia, Charlotte von Stein, Johanna Schopenhauer, Jenny Lind, Fanny Lewald, Marianne Brandt, and many other clever and headstrong women have left their unique marks on the life of Weimar from the time of Classicism into the early 20th century.