(1887) Roederstein was born in
Zürich, Switzerland. She was the second daughter of a businessman who came from Germany to work as a representative for a Swiss textile company. She was first attracted to painting when the now-forgotten Swiss painter Eduard Pfyffer (1836–1899) came to their home to do family portraits. This interest grew with visits to local museums. For a woman, training as a painter would have gone against contemporary social conventions. Her mother was especially opposed to her wishes, After 1890, she moved to
Frankfurt to be with her partner, Elisabeth Winterhalter; although she travelled widely (including a trip to Africa in 1913). She never lost track of her Swiss roots, however, and became an
Honorary Citizen of Zürich in 1902. Five years later, she and Elisabeth settled in
Hofheim am Taunus (a suburb of Frankfurt). Amongst her models was
Gwen John who was intrigued that Roederstein wore a shirt, jacket and a fob watch. Roederstein's painting of her as "The Letter" was exhibited at the salon of the
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1908. That same year Roederstein and her partner helped to create the , Frankfurt's first school for girls. After the war she did a number of portraits of women widowed by the war. She continued to exhibit regularly until 1931. Roederstein died on 26 November 1937 in Hofheim am Taunus. ==References==