Clare Schmitt
Clare Schmitt , b. Fauz (born April 18, 1915 in Koblenz ; † September 19, 2008 ), was a German politician ( CDU ).
Life
After attending secondary school in Koblenz and studying in England and France , Schmitt worked as a foreign correspondent. She married in 1937 and later worked in her own industrial and trading company in Fulda .
Political party
Schmitt had been a member of the CDU since 1945. She was elected to the district executive committee of the CDU Fulda and was a member of the economic policy committee of the CDU Hessen . Furthermore, she founded the Women's Union in Fulda in 1957 , where she was chairwoman for the first ten years.
MPs
Schmitt was a city councilor in the city of Fulda from 1946 to 1948. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1957 to 1961. There she was one of the first women to serve on the Defense Committee. Her central theme was the concerns of women, "namely questions of married and unmarried women, housewives and working women", as it says in her résumé. She turned down another term because she considered it incompatible with the upbringing of her three children. It was drawn into parliament via the state list of the CDU Hessen.
Honors
In 1999 she received the Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 764.
Web links
- Biography on Bundestage.de
- Statistical report Fulda 2008 (PDF; 4.4 MB)
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SURNAME | Schmitt, Clare |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fauz, Clare (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1915 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Koblenz |
DATE OF DEATH | September 19, 2008 |