Elisabeth Hannover-Drück

Elisabeth Hannover-Drück (born June 3, 1928 in Maulbronn ; † September 23, 2009 in Bremen ) was a German women's rights activist and historian .

Life

Elisabeth Hannover-Drück was born as the second of five children to the student Elisabeth Wetz and the philologist Karl Drück. In 1948 she graduated from high school in Stuttgart, which earned her a scholarship of 70 marks a month for studying German, English and history. She passed the first state examination for teaching at secondary schools at the University of Tübingen . In 1953 she married and moved to Bremen, where her six children were born. In the 1970s she completed her legal clerkship, received the 2nd state examination for high school teaching and taught English, German and history at the Kippenberg high school in Bremen-Schwachhausen until 1992 .

In addition to her job, she has published books on historical and women's rights issues. She was a co-founder of the Bremen Women's Museum , which she represented as 1st chairwoman until 1999 and an active member until her death in 2009. She was the initiator of various association projects: the naming of Bremen streets after important women - e. B. the Paula-Modersohn Becker-Steg - as well as the explanation of the name tags with legends, the financing of the project by the Stiftung Wohnliche Stadt .

She was married to the defense attorney and author Heinrich Hannover . The lawyer, television presenter and author Irmela Hannover and the psychologist and professor Bettina Hannover are her daughters.

Publications (selection)

• Political Justice 1918–1933 , Heinrich Hannover, Elisabeth Hannover-Drück, Fischer Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1966
• The murder of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, documentation of a political crime , edited by Elisabeth Hannover-Drück and Heinrich Hannover, edition suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1967
• I woo citizens for the realm of freedom , Louise Otto's women's newspaper, published a. commented by Ute Gerhard, Elisabeth Hannover-Drück and Romina Schmitter, Syndikat, Frankfurt am Main 1980
• Bremen women in the Weimar Republic 1919–1933 , documentation for the exhibition, ed. from the State Archives Bremen 1987, Elisabeth Hannover: The chapter politics and work
• The murder . In: Rosa Luxemburg , edited by Kristina von Soden. Elefanten Press, Berlin 1988,
• Albert Kalthoff and the establishment of the Bremen branch of the German Peace Society, activities of the Bremen Social Democrats against militarism and war before 1914, an overview of organizations and positions of the peace movement, activities of the German Peace Society in Bremen, reconciliation with France, Poland and Denmark. In: Put your arms down - reach out your hands! Peace movement in Bremen 1898–1958 , catalog for the exhibition at the Bremen State Archives. Donat Verlag, Bremen 1989.
• Bremen women in the Weimar Republic. The introduction of women's suffrage and the development of female employment. In: Pictures on the women's movement in the 19th century , brochure for the exhibition in the Bremen State Archives. Edited by the Bremen State Archives and ZGF. Bremerhaven 1990.
• Exercising women's suffrage in Bremen 1918–1933 . Texts and materials for historical-political lessons, edited by the Bremen State Archives. Bremen 1991.
• For the exhibition, as well as helping to shape the areas of Weimar Republic and Where are we women today? In: 75 years of women's suffrage for the Bremen citizenship , documentation for the exhibition, ed. from the Bremen Women's Museum Association. Bremen 1994.
• House assistants, employees and workers, gainful employment in Bremen during the Weimar Republic 1919–1933 , texts and materials on historical-political lessons, Kleine Schriften des Staatsarchiv Bremen, issue 26. Bremen 1996
• Speech at the opening of the exhibition, Childhood and Youth by Marie Mindermann , The Legal Situation of Women, Attempt to Vote Dulon. A game scene, Marie Mindermann in the Rembertistift, Marie Mindermann and the “famous” women of the revolution of 1848. In: Marie Mindermann and the revolution of 1848 in Bremen , documentation for the exhibition “A controversial woman”, published by the Bremen Women's Museum, Bremen 1999 .

Book translations

• Leonard Cohen: Nice losers . Translated from the American, March Verlag, Frankfurt 1970.
• Leonard Cohen: The Favorite Game . Transferred from the American, March publisher.

literature

• Renate Meyer-Braun (ed.): Elisabeth Hannover-Drück - Elisabeth Lürssen (1880–1972) . In: Women in Parliament! Portraits of female MPs in the Bremen Citizenship , Bremen 1991.
• Romina Schmitter: Hannover-Drück, Elisabeth, b. Push . In: Women's history (s) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .

Web links

• Hanover-Drück, Elisabeth b. Press on bremer-frauenmuseum.de