Sigrid Damm-Rüger

1939–1995 (age 56)

Biography

Sigrid Damm-Rüger (born Sigrid Rüger: 1939 - 1995) was a German feminist activist who initially came to prominence in September 1968 through a tomato throwing incident at the 23rd congress of the German Socialist Students' Union, and subsequently became an author specialising in professional education and training.

Several commentators believe that the tomato throwing incident was the event that launched the second wave of the German women's movement.

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