Edda Egger

Edda Egger (born June 29, 1910 in Bruck an der Mur , Styria , † October 15, 1993 in Leoben , Styria) was an Austrian politician ( ÖVP ).

Life

After attending compulsory schools , Edda Egger graduated from the higher federal college for economic women's professions in Graz . Subsequently, she enjoyed an apprenticeship as a home economics teacher in Vienna , which was completed in 1933 with the successfully completed teacher qualification test. She then returned to Graz as a lecturer at the Higher Federal College for Economic Women’s Professions, where she was able to work in her profession. In her profession she later rose to the position of technical school inspector .

On June 1, 1938, the home economics teacher Egger, then resident in Graz, applied for admission to the NSDAP, which took place retroactively from May 1, 1938, which suggests that she was working as an "illegal worker" . She was assigned the membership number 6,302,662.

Nevertheless, she acquired such a good reputation as a teacher that she worked on the curriculum for home economics under the 1962 School Act. They also wrote about 1950 the textbook Nutrition and Food Science , which already repeatedly laid was.

Her political career began in 1948 as an employee of the women's organization within the Styrian People's Party . In 1953 she became a member of the Graz municipal council , of which she was a member until 1958. Also in 1958 she entered the Styrian Landtag as a member of parliament . Egger was a member of the state parliament for 12 years, until 1970. Most recently she represented Styrian interests in the Federal Council in Vienna from May 1970 to October 1977 .

In 1964, Egger was elected regional director of the Austrian Women's Movement (ÖFB) for the state of Styria. She was there until 1974. From 1970 to 1976 she headed the ÖFB at the federal level. From 1973 to 1976 Egger was elected Vice President of the European Women's Union, a sub-organization of the European People's Party. In 1975 she was also briefly International Vice-President of the Union of Christian Democratic Women.

Her last position was her assignment as permanent representative at the International Federation of Working Women at the Vienna International Center , the seat of the United Nations in Vienna; an office that Egger held from 1980 to 1985.

Awards

Web links

Edda Egger on the website of the Austrian Parliament

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Wladika : On the representation of politicians and mandataries with a Nazi past in the Austrian People's Party 1945–1980. A group biographical study. Research project on behalf of the Karl von Vogelsang Institute. Vienna 2018, p. 147f ( PDF ).

personal data
SURNAME	Egger, Edda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian politician (ÖVP), member of the state parliament, member of the Federal Council
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bruck an der Mur
DATE OF DEATH	October 15, 1993
Place of death	Leoben

[1] Michael Wladika : On the representation of politicians and mandataries with a Nazi past in the Austrian People's Party 1945–1980. A group biographical study. Research project on behalf of the Karl von Vogelsang Institute. Vienna 2018, p. 147f ( PDF ).