1 7 9 9 ); ▁her ▁grand father ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁sen ator . ▁After ▁her ▁father ' s ▁death ▁she ▁was ▁taken ▁in ▁by ▁her ▁uncle ' s ▁family , ▁supported ▁by ▁a ▁small ▁sen atorial ▁p ension , ▁and ▁c ared ▁for ▁their ▁invalid ▁son . ▁She ▁took ▁up ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁her ▁nie ces , ▁and ▁founded ▁a ▁school ▁for ▁girls , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁eventually ▁became ▁tut ors ▁to ▁prominent ▁families . ▁She ▁also ▁taught ▁girls ▁in ▁poor h ouses ▁on ▁Sund ays . ▁ ▁The ▁Free ▁churches ▁( Pro test ant ▁religious ▁bodies ▁in ▁each ▁country ) ▁served ▁as ▁an ▁insp iration ▁to ▁German ▁Luther ans ▁to ▁further ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁sick , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁invol vement ▁of ▁German ▁Protest ant ▁women ▁in ▁char itable ▁work . ▁While ▁S ieve king ' s ▁early ▁education ▁was ▁sh aped ▁by ▁the ▁En light en ment , ▁after ▁her ▁confirm ation ▁and ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁brother ▁she ▁turned ▁toward ▁the ▁Christian ▁rev ival ▁that ▁was ▁swe eping ▁Germany , ▁and ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁popular ▁the olog ians ▁such ▁as ▁Johann ▁Hin rich ▁W ich ern , ▁Johann ▁Wilhelm ▁R aut enberg , ▁and ▁Matth ias ▁Claud ius . ▁Part icular ly ▁R aut enberg , ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁St . ▁Georg , ▁Hamburg ▁a ▁center ▁of ▁new ▁p iety , ▁was ▁of ▁great ▁influence ▁in ▁ste ering ▁S ieve king ▁( and ▁others , ▁including ▁W ich ern ▁and ▁Heinrich ▁Matth ias ▁S