Elisabeth Zundel

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Elisabeth Zundel (born October 5, 1874 in Großglattbach , Vaihingen-Enz-Kreis, † July 27, 1957 in Reutlingen ) was a German trade unionist, women's rights activist and SPD politician .

Life

Elisabeth Zundel was born as the third child of Jonathan Zundel and his wife Wilhelmine Friederike Arnold (from Stuttgart-Heslach). After finishing school, she began training as a teacher. Then in 1903 Zundel got a job as a teacher at the Gartentorschule, the evangelical girls' school in the city of Reutlingen. There she met the women's rights activist Laura Schradin . Schradin was already active in the SPD in the 1890s. At that time, Zundel was also active in the Württemberg teachers' association . Elisabeth Zundel met the women's rights activist, translator and editor of the women's magazine Die Equality , and founder of International Women's Day , Clara Zetkin , as a speaker at a rally in Reutlingen in 1892 . On March 19, 1911, Zetkin introduced the first Reutlingen Women's Day, where Elisabeth Zundel was also involved. In 1918, women's suffrage was introduced in Germany. In January 1919, Elisabeth Zundel appeared on the occasion of the election campaign for the German National Assembly as a signatory to a press appeal by the “Social Democratic Committee of Intellectual Workers”. On May 11, 1919, Schradin and Zundel ran together on the SPD list for local council elections. Elisabeth Zundel was elected with 901 votes, and Laura Schradin (member of the Württemberg state parliament) with 798 votes. In the city council, to which Oskar Kalbfell belonged, Zundel's political focus was on school and social policy. She was also a member of the board of trustees of the women's labor school and the girls' secondary and trade school board. On February 28, 1921, the women's group of the Reutlinger SPD formed a welfare committee - the hour of birth of the Reutlinger Arbeiterwohlfahrt . Further members were the councilors Laura Schradin, Stein and Zundel as well as Emma Bauknecht, Mrs. GA Fuchs, Heinrich Goll, Mrs. P. Ruckgaber and Emma Schick. In May 1933, this welfare committee was banned and dissolved by National Socialism. Zundel was the head of this welfare committee up to this point and is therefore considered to be the founder of the workers' welfare organization in Reutlingen. Since 1923 Zundel was an active member of the Reutlinger Frauenverein, where she set up a "commodity exchange" for needy households. In the years 1930–1933 Zundel set up a sewing room and shoe exchange office in Reutlingen, of which she was also the director. On April 1, 1934, she was forced into early retirement by the National Socialists in Reutlingen (forced retirement). Her pension benefits were cut to 75%. After that, the name Elisabeth Zundel was on the list of the National Socialist People's Welfare for 5 years due to the forced transfer to the NS association. In 1946 the AWO was re-established in Reutlingen, whereby it was not Zundel but her former local council and teacher colleague Karl Rais who was elected as the first chairman. In 1956 she moved to the municipal nursing home on Ringelbachstrasse, where she died on July 27, 1957 at the age of 82.

Political activity

  • Since May 11, 1919, member of the Reutlingen City Council.
  • On February 28, 1921, Elisabeth Zundel founded the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in Reutlingen.

Honors

  • In honor of Elisabeth Zundel's social commitment, the State Secretary in the Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, Families and Seniors, Dieter Hillebrand , opened the Elisabeth Zundel House on October 22, 2010 , which has been named after her ever since.

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personal data
SURNAME Zundel, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German women's rights activist and trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Großglattbach , Vaihingen-Enz district
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1957
Place of death Reutlingen