Frances Magnus

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Frances Magnus

Frances Magnus (born March 25, 1882 in Glauchau , † April 9, 1969 in Munich ; maiden name: Freiin Frances von Hausen ) was a German politician , author and editor . She represented the German People's Party (DVP) in the Reichstag .

Life

Freiin von Hausen received private tuition, after which she attended the daughter's school in Dresden and the Luisenstift in Niederlößnitz . In 1909 she passed the Abitur and began studying in Freiburg, Bonn and Paris. They received his doctorate in 1914 for Dr. phil. in the subjects of history and political science.

During the First World War she was u. a. active as an auxiliary sister. After the war she became politically active. She published several writings against the Peace of Versailles , worked on the publication German State and German Parties , the 1922 Festschrift for Friedrich Meinecke . In the period from 1933 to 1944 she also appeared alongside Gertrud Bäumer as co-editor of the magazine Die Frau .

In the second electoral term in 1924 , she was elected to the German Reichstag for the DVP in constituency 12 (Thuringia). She only represented the party there for one term and then withdrew into private life.

After her marriage she lived in Jena . She was married to the surgeon Georg Magnus (1883–1942). They had three children: Maria, art historian (born 1917), Peter, surgeon (born 1921), and Dietrich, general practitioner (born 1925).

Works

  • The journalism of the Réfugiés after the repeal of the Edict of Nantes . 1914
  • Research on the political journalism of the Réfugiés at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. o. O. 1914, also: Dissertation, Freiburg i. B. 1917
  • Goal and path in the German women's movement of the 19th century. In: Paul Wentzcke (Ed.): German State and German Parties. Contribution to the history of German political parties and ideas presented to Friedrich Meinecke on his 60th birthday. Munich 1922, p. 201.
  • German citizen for ten years. Herbig, Berlin 1930 (from: Die Frau. February – March 1930)
  • as co-editor 1933–1944 (together with Gertrud Bäumer): Die Frau , formerly organ of the Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See: Marie Luise Bach: Gertrud Bäumer. Biographical data and texts for a personality picture. Deutscher Studien Verlag, Weinheim 1989, p. 30.
  2. ↑ See Heinz Zeiss, Richard Bieling: Behring. Shape and work . Berlin, Schultz, ²1941, p. 546.
personal data
SURNAME Magnus, Frances
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hausen, Frances von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (DVP), author and editor, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Glauchau
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1969
Place of death Munich