Else Giese

Elisabeth "Else" Giese (born April 30, 1884 in Borbeck ; † February 20, 1950 in Bottrop ) was a German teacher and politician ( center ).

Life

After graduating from elementary school, Giese attended the higher girls' school in Borbeck and the Oberlyzeum in Aachen . Subsequently, she completed the teachers' seminar and in 1905 passed the examination as a teacher for elementary schools and high schools. She first taught at the Lyceum of the Sisters of Armen Kinde Jesu in Düsseldorf , continued her education from 1906 with studies abroad and a private seminar in Vallendar and from 1908 worked as a teacher at the teacher’s seminar and upper lyceum in Bottrop. In addition to her professional activity, she was chairwoman of the Association of Commercial Assistants in Borbeck from 1914 to 1919, and since 1917 chairwoman of the Catholic German Women's Association (KFDB) in Bottrop and a member of the Reich Advisory Board for German Schools Abroad. During the First World War , she also worked as a state-certified helper for the Red Cross .

Giese was a board member of the local political association of the Center Party. In 1919 she became a city councilor in Bottrop and was a member of the Prussian state constitutional assembly from September 15, 1920 to 1921 . In 1921 she was elected as a member of the Prussian state parliament. From 1928 to 1933 she was also a member of the state parliament presidium. With the dissolution of the corporation by the National Socialists on October 14, 1933, it left parliament.

After the National Socialists came to power , Giese was dismissed from school as a senior high school teacher. In August 1944, she was arrested as part of the " Operation Grid " and imprisoned for four months. After 1946 Giese was a lecturer at the adult education center in Bottrop.

literature

Martin Schumacher: The end of the parliaments in 1933 and the members of the state parliaments and citizenships of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation 1933–1945. Droste, Düsseldorf 1995. p. 49.
Ernst Kienast (edit.): Handbook for the Prussian Landtag. Edition for the 3rd electoral term. R. v. Decker's Verlag (G. Schenck), Berlin 1928. P. 521.
Karin Jaspers / Wilfried Reinighaus: Westphalian-Lippian candidates for the January elections in 1919. A biographical documentation , Münster: Aschendorff 2020 (publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia - New Series; 52), ISBN 9783402151365 , p. 76.

Web links

Short biography on the Internet portal "Westphalian History"

Individual evidence

^ August Hermann Leugers-Scherzberg: Giese, Elisabeth. In: The center faction in the Prussian State Constitutional Assembly 1919–1921. Meeting minutes. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5179-3 . P. 299.

personal data
SURNAME	Giese, Else
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Giese, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German teacher and politician (center), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	April 30, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH	Borbeck
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 1950
Place of death	Bottrop

[1] August Hermann Leugers-Scherzberg: Giese, Elisabeth. In: The center faction in the Prussian State Constitutional Assembly 1919–1921. Meeting minutes. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5179-3 . P. 299.