Emmy Rebstein Butcher

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Rosa Emilie "Emmy" Rebstein-Metzger , née Rebstein (born March 6, 1898 in Ravensburg , † March 11, 1967 in Mannheim ) was a German lawyer , women's rights activist and entrepreneur . She is considered to be one of the first lawyers to hold a doctorate in law in the Weimar Republic .

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Emmy Rebstein-Metzger was born in Ravensburg on March 6, 1898. She was the third oldest of the six children of Franz Josef Rebstein and Rosalie Rebstein.

First she visited the “Klösterle” of the “Poor School Sisters of Our Lady” in Ravensburg and Offenburg . At the age of 19, she passed her high school diploma.

She began studying law in the summer semester of 1918. At that time, however, it was not yet possible for women to become judges or lawyers in Germany. Despite these restrictions, Emmy Rebstein-Metzger studied eight semesters at the Universities of Kiel , Munich , Freiburg and Tübingen . When she was admitted to the legal preparatory service for women, she completed her first state examination in Tübingen in 1922 . Shortly afterwards, she successfully passed the second state examination in Stuttgart . In 1924 Emmy Rebstein-Metzger was awarded a Dr. jur. doctorate and was thus the first admitted lawyer in Baden and Württemberg .

Her marriage to the lawyer Oskar Metzger was followed by a move to Mannheim. There she opened her own law firm in 1927. Rebstein-Metzger represented larger companies and clients on economic issues, but also advocated the rights of the German women's movement . Together with Camilla Jellinek , the head of the “Heidelberg legal protection office for women”, and Käthe Gaebel , the head of the “Women's Professional Office of the Federation of German Women's Associations”, Emmy Rebstein-Metzger wrote the 1928 publication “Women under German Law”. In 1953 Rebstein-Metzger obtained the deletion of § 1354 , which gave the husband sole decision-making power in all marital matters. The 1957 Equal Rights Act also contained some of their proposed amendments to parental authority. In the women's movement she was involved in the establishment of the Mannheim Women's Association and was asked during the founding meeting to take over the first chairmanship. She took part in a study visit to the United States to gain an impression of the equality of women there.

During the National Socialist seizure of power , Rebstein-Metzger's life as a non-Jew was not threatened. Nevertheless, the lawyer withdrew from the public. After the Second World War , she was admitted to the German bar and the international military court . After the end of the war, she increasingly turned to commercial law and specialized in shipping problems. Furthermore, she and her sister Elisabeth took over the management of the company VIVIL after the disappearance of Bruno Müller and the death of his father . When Elisabeth died unexpectedly in 1951, Emmy Rebstein-Metzger managed the company and represented it in legal matters. Her nephew only took over the business shortly before her death.

Emmy Rebstein-Metzger died on March 11, 1967 and was buried in her hometown.

Publications

  • Civil law investigations into foster child relationships. Dissertation, University of Freiburg 1924.
  • Divorce of innocent broken marriages. In: German legal journal. Volume 32, Number 10, 1927, pp. 715–719.
  • Separation of property or community of property? In: The woman. Volume 34, Number 9, 1927, pp. 522–527.
  • The woman as a citizen. In: Käthe Gaebel, Camilla Jellinek, Emmy Rebstein-Metzger (eds.): Women under German law. Mannheim / Berlin / Leipzig 1928, pp. 1-19.

literature

  • Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: Perspective . Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993. ISBN 3-87407-172-3 . Pp. 10, 58-61.
  • Oda Cordes: Marie Munk (1885–1978). Life and work . In: Legal history and gender research . 1st edition. Volume 19. Cologne: Böhlau 2015. ISBN 3-412-22455-3 . P. 900.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: Perspective . Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87407-172-3 , p. 58 .
  2. ↑ a b Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: Perspective . Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87407-172-3 , p. 59 .
  3. ↑ Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: perspective. Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87407-172-3 , p. 10 .
  4. ↑ a b c Vivil | Our story: Vivilized since 1903. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: Perspective . Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87407-172-3 , p. 60 .
  6. ↑ a b c d Dorothee Breucker, Gesa Ingendahl: Perspective . Life and work of women in Ravensburg. A historical reader. Ed .: City of Ravensburg. Silberburg, Tübingen and Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-87407-172-3 , p. 61 .
  7. ↑ Women's association starts… In: Mannheimer Morgen . No. 31, March 13, 1948.
  8. ↑ A road trip through the Midwest: From the study trip of the chairmen of the Mannheim women's association. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung. No. 144, 23/24 July 1949.
  9. ↑ a b c Oda Cordes: Marie Munk (1885–1978). Life and work. In: Legal history and gender research . 1st edition. tape 19 . Böhlau, 2015, ISBN 3-412-22455-3 , pp. 900 .
  10. ↑ Obituary . In: Mannheimer Morgen. March 14, 1967, p. 8.
personal data
SURNAME Rebstein Butcher, Emmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rebstein-Metzger, Rosa Emilie; Rebstein, Rosa Emilie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, women's rights activist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Ravensburg
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1967
Place of death Mannheim