What would have happened if German poet, philosopher and doctor Friedrich Schiller had been born a girl rather than a boy? It’s a question Berlin women’s rights activist Hedwig Dohm (1831-1919) asked herself and decided that if born a woman, “Friederike Schiller” would have been Germany’s greatest poet, “even if her works went unprinted.” The opportunities that women had to work were limited during Dohm’s lifetime. The publicist wanted complete equality for women in terms of education, careers and in elections. While her ideas were radical at the time, the German activist’s name is no longer w…