Laura Sophie Frederikke Gottlieb

26 October 1853–17 June 1923

Born 26 Oct. 1853 in Stilling, Stilling So, Hjelmslev, Skanderborg, Denmark.[1] Daughter of Lauritz Christian Gottlieb and Christiane Marie Rask.[2] Immigrated to the U.S., 1871.[3] Married Bright B. Fixen, 28 May 1878, in Cook Co., Illinois; divorced by 1914; one child.[4] Active in the temperance and women’s suffrage movements, 1883–1912.[5] Served as an officer and speaker for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1883–1900.[6] Visited EBW in Utah Territory after they met at the National Council of Women Convention in Washington, DC, 1891.[7] Officer in the Woman’s Canning and Preserving Company, 1896.[8] Business manager of Working Woman’s Home and editor of the newspaper Diamond Dust, 1900–1912.[9] Sent a copy of her book, What Is Worthwhile, to EBW as a birthday gift, 1900.[10] Known as an inventor and was awarded a patent for an electrolytic apparatus, May 1912.[11] Involved in spiritualism and authored Mind Reading or Second Sight, 1912.[12] Served as an officer and active member of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, 1915.[13] Died 17 June 1923 in Los Angeles.[14]

 

[1] Den Danske Folkekirke, Rye Sogn (Skanderborg), Kirkeborger, 1762–1914, Fodte og Dopte, 1865–1892, vols. 1–2, p. 282, Laura Sophia Frederikke Gottleib, 26 Oct. 1853, Lauritz Christian Gottlieb and Christiane Marie Gottlieb F. Rask, microfilm 411359, DGS 7238485, image 133/483, FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 28 June 2021), Laura Sophie Frederikke Gottlieb (GHYN-T2J).

[2] Den Danske Folkekirke, Rye Sogn (Skanderborg), Kirkeborger, 1762–1914, Fodte og Dopte, 1865–1892, vols. 1–2, p. 282, Laura Sophia Frederikke Gottleib, 26 Oct. 1853, Lauritz Christian Gottlieb and Christiane Marie Gottlieb F. Rask, microfilm 411359, DGS 7238485, image 133/483, FHL. Denmark, Rigsarkivet, Folketaeelling, 1870, pp. 217–218, Laura Sophie Frederikke Gottlieb, Lauritz Christian Gottlieb, and Christiane Marie Gottlieb F. Rask, DGS 103918750, image 1000/1358, FHL. 

[3] Denmark, Rigsarkivet, Folketaeelling, 1870, pp. 217–218, Laura Sophie Frederikke Gottlieb, Lauritz Christian Gottlieb, and Christiane Marie Gottlieb F. Rask, DGS 103918750, image 1000/1358, FHL. “Mrs. Laura Gottlieb Fixen,” U.S. Naturalization Records, 1840–1957, database online, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com, accessed 28 June 2021), arrival 1871, declared 25 Mar. 1914; NARA, roll 14m serial M1614.

[4] Cook Co., IL, Marriage Licenses, 1871–1920, license no. 35838, Bright B. Fixen and Laura Gottlieb, 28 May 1878, microfilm 10301005, DGS 4270565, image 451/1501, FHL. “Mrs. Laura Gottlieb Fixen,” U.S. Naturalization Records, 1840–1957, database online, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com, accessed 28 June 2021), arrival 1871, declared 25 Mar. 1914; NARA, roll 14m serial M1614. 1900 U.S. Census, Chicago Ward 22, Cook Co., IL, ED 663, p. 12B, Laura Fixen. 1900 U.S. Census, North Town, Chicago, Cook Co., IL, ED 663, p. 12B, Laura and Effa Fixen.

[5] “Letter to Editor,” Union Signal (Chicago), 2 Aug. 1883, 4–5. “Princeton,” Union Signal, 13 Sept. 1883, 12. “Prominent Lady Visitor to Salt Lake City,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, 1 Mar. 1900, 134–135. “Toss Aigrettes into Ring, Too,” Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 1912, 5.

[6] “Missouri,” Union Signal (Chicago), 11 Jan. 1883, 11. “Mrs. Laura G. Fixen’s Appointments,” and Personal,” Union Signal, 30 Aug. 1884, 12–13. “Prominent Lady Visitor to Salt Lake City,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, 1 Mar. 1900, 134–135.

[7] EBW, Diary, 8­–9 Jan. 1900. “Prominent Lady Visitor to Salt Lake City,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, 1 Mar. 1900, 134–135.

[8] “Row among Canners,” Sunday Chronicle (Chicago), 9 Feb. 1896, 1. 

[9] EBW, “Editorial Notes,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 Jan. and 1 Feb. 1900, 100–101. “Prominent Lady Visitor to Salt Lake City,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, 1 Mar. 1900, 13–135. Laura G. Fixen, Mind Reading or Second Sight (Chicago: Diamond Dust, 1912).

[10] EBW, Diary, 28 Feb. 1900.

[11] L. G. Fixen, “Electrolytic Apparatus,” Google Patents (https://patents.google.com/patent/US1026857A/en, accessed 13 Apr. 2021).

[12] Laura G. Fixen, Mind Reading or Second Sight (Chicago: Diamond Dust, 1912).

[13] Mrs. Laura Fixen, Illinois Equal Suffrage Association, Letter to Hazle Buck Ewing, 26 May 1915, Milner Library, Illinois State University, Digital Collections (www.digital.library.illinoisstate.edu, accessed 28 June 2021).

[14] Los Angeles Co., CA, State Board of Health, Death Records, 1905–1930, 1923, cert. no. 5320, Laura G. Fixen, 17 June 1923, microfilm 2369234, DGS 5597674, FHL.