Elisabeth Röhl

Elisabeth Röhl

Elisabeth Röhl (born August 22, 1888 in Landsberg an der Warthe , † September 21, 1930 in Cologne , born Elisabeth Gohlke , later married Elisabeth Kirschmann-Röhl ) was a German politician of the SPD .

Life and work

After attending primary school, Elisabeth Röhl completed an apprenticeship as a tailor . She was active in the association of tailors and dressmakers . During the First World War from 1914 to 1918 she worked together with Anna Maria Schulte , Marie Juchacz and Else Meerfeld in the home work center and was a member of the so-called food commission.

Elisabeth Röhl had a son from her first marriage, her second husband Emil Kirschmann was a member of the SPD Reichstag. Her sister was the SPD politician Marie Juchacz .

Her grave is located in Cologne's south cemetery (floor 65 no. 307).

MPs

The female MPs of the MSPD in the Weimar National Assembly on June 1, 1919. Elisabeth Röhl is in the back row, 1st from the left.

Elisabeth Röhl was a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919/20. In the National Assembly on July 16, 1919, she called for equal treatment of illegitimate mothers and children with wives and legitimate children. From 1921 until her death she was a member of the state parliament in Prussia .

literature

Family grave of Elisabeth and Emil Kirschmann and Marie Juchacz in Cologne's southern cemetery

• Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Elisabeth Röhl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Elisabeth Röhl in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Biography of Elisabeth Kirschmann-Röhl . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)