Amalie Volz
Amalie Volz b. Sixt (born December 1, 1878 in Eislingen / Fils ; † October 13, 1962 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) was the founder of the first Protestant mothers' school in Württemberg .
The daughter of a manufacturer married Hugo Volz, a tax officer, in 1901, with whom she had two daughters and a son. In 1921 the family moved to Esslingen am Neckar , where Amalie soon became active in the Protestant Volksbund. In 1928 she founded the first Protestant mother school in Württemberg, which was open to women of all denominations. From 1930 it had its seat in the evangelical parish hall on Blarerplatz, where today a plaque commemorates its work. In 1934 Amalie Volz withdrew from the activity in the mother's school after she was asked to align her work with the ideology of the National Socialists and to join the NSDAP . The American military government granted her soon after the Second World War, the approval to reopen the school for mothers, in the meantime by the Women's Association had been taken.
Her daughter Lenore Volz was one of the first women who was allowed to preach as a pastor in the Evangelical Church of Württemberg.
literature
- Karin Fastnacht: The history of the women's labor school and the mother's school in Esslingen. In: City of Esslingen (ed.): From Weimar to Bonn. Esslingen 1919–1949. Esslingen 1991, pp. 169-188.
- Barbara Michelfelder: Three generations - Amalie Volz, Lenore Volz and Hella Ostermann. In: City of Esslingen (ed.): FemaleES. Searched for and discovered women's history. Esslingen 1999, pp. 171-177.
- Lenore Volz: Gown not provided. Pastor from the very beginning. Quell, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3-7918-1940-2 .
Web links
- Amalie Volz. Portrait at Frauen-aktiv.de.
- Christel Köhle-Hezinger: Amalie and Lenore Volz: campaigners for women's education and equal rights (Evangelical Church Esslingen)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lenore Volz died at the age of 96. ELK-Wue.de on September 30, 2009 ( Memento from August 24, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volz, Amalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sixt, Amalie (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Founder of the first Protestant school for mothers in Württemberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eislingen / Fils |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1962 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt |