Anna Klara Fischer

Anna Klara Fischer , b. Schmelzkopf (born October 22, 1887 in Braunschweig , † March 24, 1967 in Bremen ), was a German social politician and women's rights activist.

biography

Fischer was the daughter of the teacher Friedrich Heinrich Schmelzkopf and Anna, geb. Brandt. She grew up with six siblings. Fischer completed a high school for girls and a teacher training college . She taught English and biology as a teacher in Braunschweig. She was also active as a journalist. In 1912 she married the teacher Paul Fischer and they settled in Bremen. They had two daughters.

Influenced by the life reform movement of the 19th century, she was involved in the youth movement Wandervogel , in the women's movement - especially in the Bremen women's movement - and in the social field. She was active in the anti-alcoholic movement. In 1913 she joined Ottilie Hoffmann's abstinence movement in Bremen. In 1921 she became chairwoman of the women's association for alcohol-free culture and the Bremen branch of the German Association of abstinent women . She worked for Hoffmann and after her death (1925) expanded the network of alcohol-free restaurants. In 1924 she was elected to the federal executive committee of the German women's association for alcohol-free culture , and in 1935 she became chairwoman. Fischer knew how to deal with the contradictions of the Nazi era and how to maintain the association's ability to act during this period. She achieved that the women's association was not transferred to the Nazi women's group .

After the Second World War she continued her work. When, at her suggestion, the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU) met in Bremen in 1956 , she was elected Vice-President of the World Federation and first Vice-President in New Delhi in 1962 . She ran the establishment of the alcohol-free restaurants, the Ottilie Hoffmann houses .

In 1946, together with Agnes Heineken , Anna Stiegler , Käthe Popall and Irmgard Enderle, she was a founding member and board member of the Bremen Women's Committee , a socially recognized, non-partisan and non-denominational umbrella organization of women's organizations from all areas of society in the state of Bremen. From 1951 to 1959 she was the successor to Agnes Heineken, chairwoman of the association; she was followed by Gisela Müller-Wolff in the office.

In November 1962 she took part in the XXII. Worlds Convention of the "World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union" in New Delhi, India.

She was a presidential member of the German headquarters against the dangers of addiction.

Honors

• She was honorary chairwoman of the German Women's Association for Alcohol-Free Culture
• She received the gold and silver plaques of honor from the German Parity Welfare Association
• The Anna-Klara Fischer Street in Bremen- Kattenturm was named in 1952 after her.

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Hannelore Cyrus,: The German women's association for alcohol-free culture from 1900 in Bremen. his women, his "leaders" and his "Ottilien". Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, 2006. ISBN 3-8334-6195-0 .
• Cecilie Eckler von Gleich: Fischer, Anna Klara, geb. Melting head . In: Frauen Geschichte (n) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Cyrus, Hannelore: The German women's association for alcohol-free culture from 1900 in Bremen. his women, his "leaders" and his "Ottilien". Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, 2006. "
2. ↑ Bremen Women's Committee (ed.): We call you women! 50 years of the Bremen Women's Committee . Bremen 1996, p. 46.