in 1851 amalie auguste became chairwoman of women's association of dresden (frauenverein zu dresden), an organisation founded by her sister, the then queen. three years later, her husband inherited the throne and she became queen. in 1859 she reorganized the association as the "zentralausschuß obererzgebirgischen und der vogtländischen frauenvereine" and established a legal basis for it, under which the organisation continued until 1932.