Emma Lautenschlager

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Emma Lautenschlager, b. Rustige (born July 24, 1881 in Stuttgart ; † March 20, 1966 in Stuttgart) was a member of the Stuttgart municipal council for the Free Voters' Association , chairwoman of the Swabian Women's Association , the professional association of housewives and the wife of Stuttgart's Lord Mayor Karl Lautenschlager .

Life

Emma Rustige came from a political family. The father of her mother Emilia b. Mayer, was the democrat Karl Mayer , who had been a member of the Württemberg state parliament and the Reichstag . Emma married the then Lord Mayor of Stuttgart Karl Lautenschlager in 1912 and had two daughters with him. During the First World War she was awarded the Charlottenkreuz for her care for the wounded.

In 1917 she was appointed to the board of directors of the Swabian Women's Association, of which she was director from 1927 to 1934. With the adaptation of the association's statutes to the Nazi ideology , she resigned from the chair. From 1945 to 1951 she held the chair again. She was also the chair of the Housewives' Association. She was honorary chairman of both clubs.

From 1946 she was a member of the Stuttgart municipal council for the Free Electoral Association . In 1947, together with Maria von Bredow , she founded the New Party , which ran in the Stuttgart municipal council elections in December 1947. In 1948 Emma Lautenschlager left the local council.

In 1953 she received the Federal Cross of Merit.

Awards and honors

  • Charlottenkreuz (First World War)
  • Federal Cross of Merit (1953)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Personal database of the state bibliography of Baden-Württemberg. In: www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved December 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Esslingen University: General information on the faculty. In: www.hs-esslingen.de. Retrieved September 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Stuttgart City Archives (ed.): Rubble women of local politics. Women in the Stuttgart municipal council 1945–1960 . Stuttgart 2013, p. 41 f .
  4. ↑ Stuttgart City Archives (ed.): Rubble women of local politics. Women in the Stuttgart municipal council 1945–1960 . Stuttgart 2013, p. 29 f .
personal data
SURNAME Lautenschlager, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rustige, Emma (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German councilor (Free Voters' Association)
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1966
Place of death Stuttgart