Else Kesting
Else Kesting (born November 28, 1883 in Berlin ; † unknown, after 1953) was a German politician ( CDU ) and a member of the Hamburg parliament .
Life and work
Else Kesting was a trained commercial clerk and worked until 1933 as an employee in several companies and as a manager in the publishing book trade. In addition, she was chairman of the occupational health insurance fund for female employees and a board member of the Association of Female Trade and Office Workers (VWA). After the Second World War she worked as a consultant for the German salaried health insurance company and ran a local VWA association.
politics
Else Kesting joined the CDU in the post-war period and, as a replacement for the former Hamburg mayor Rudolf Petersen , was a member of the first freely elected citizenship after the Nazi period from February 23 until the end of the election period in November 1949 . In the second electoral term (1949 to 1953) she sat in parliament the entire time.
literature
- Erich Lüth (edit.): The Hamburg citizenship 1946–1971 . Verlag Kayser, Hamburg 1971.
- Inge Grolle and Rita Bake : “I practiced juggling with three balls.” Women in the Hamburg citizenship from 1946 to 1993. Verlag Dölling & Galith, Hamburg 1995, p. 397, ISBN 3-930802-01-5 (on behalf of State Center for Political Education Hamburg ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 250,000 live in makeshift homes. Open income tax lists? No port senator - Hamburger Abendblatt of February 26, 1949 (last paragraph) ( Memento of July 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kesting, Else |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1953 |