Berta Pīpiņa

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Berta Pipina (born Ziemele; born September 16 . Jul / 28. September  1883 greg. In Code (now Bauska ), Russian Empire ; † 1942 in Siberia ) was a Latvian journalist , writer and politician . She was the only woman who was a member of the Latvian Parliament in the interwar period .

Life

Berta Ziemele attended the girls' high school in Bauska . Her parents owned a farm and an inn. In 1901 Ziemele began teaching in Kharkov . From 1904 to 1908 she studied with Albert Liebmann in Berlin to help disabled children with language disorders . In 1910 she married the writer, literary critic and journalist Ērmanis Pīpiņš (1873-1927). The couple had two daughters and one son.

After Latvian independence in November 1918, Berta Pīpiņa began to get involved politically and for women's rights . She was the long-time chairman of the Latvian National Women's Association and was a member of the Riga City Council from 1919 to 1931 . From 1925 to 1928 Pīpiņa headed the department for poor welfare and was then a member of the auditing commission until 1931 . At the beginning of October 1931 she was elected as the first and only woman to the Saeima . In the fourth Saeima , Pīpiņa represented the Democratic Center ( Latvian "Demokrātiskais Centrs"), a party that she had co-founded, from November 3rd . She was the first woman on a party's central committee. With the coup d'état of May 15, 1934 , Kārlis Ulmanis dissolved the parliament . As a result, the parties were banned. - The fifth Saeima was only elected in June 1993 .

In 1930 Pīpiņa was involved in the establishment of an umbrella organization for the Latvian women's organizations, which campaigned for the social and political equality of women. From 1930 to 1935 she headed this association. Internationally she took part in the congresses of the International Council of Women (ICW) , for example in Vienna (1930), Stockholm (1933) and Paris (1934). In Dubrovnik, Pīpiņa was elected Vice-President of the ICW in 1936.

After the coup, Pīpiņa only worked as a journalist, including in the monthly magazine "Latviete" (The Latvian Woman), which she founded . Her work also includes the novel "Lejaskrodznieces meitas" (The Innkeeper's Daughter ) . After the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union , Pīpiņa was considered an enemy of the state. She was deported to Siberia in 1941.

Berta Pīpiņa died in a gulag on the Ob in 1942 . Her name was then removed from the encyclopedias .

Works and writings

  • Lejaskrodznieces meitas. (Novel)
  • Kā es runaju ar saviem bērniem par dzimumu dzīvi. Seksualais jautajums . Jaunais Wārds, Riga 1927. (Educational Guide: How to Talk to My Children About Sexuality. )
  • Svētku runa Mātes dienā. (Speech for Mother's Day).

Awards

literature

  • Elizabete Picukane: Pīpiņa, Berta (1883–1942) . In: Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova; Anna Loutfi (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms in Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe. 19th and 20th Centuries. Central European University Press 2006. ISBN 978-9-637-32639-4 . Pp. 432-435.
  • Pauls Kroders: Pīpiņ (Ziemel), Berta . In: Latvijas darbinieku galerija: 1918–1928. Grāmatu Draugs, Riga 1929. p. 254.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saeima : 4. Saeimas deputātu saraksts . (Latvian, accessed May 28, 2019)
  2. ↑ Paul Kroders: Pepin (Ziemel), Berta . (Latvian, accessed May 28, 2019)
  3. ^ Saeima: History of the legislature . (English, accessed May 28, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Pīpiņa, Berta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziemele, Berta (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian politician, author and women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Code ( Bauska District ), Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death in the gulag in Siberia