Gertrud Metzger
Gertrud Metzger , born as Gertrud Berta Schünemann (born March 14, 1908 in Steglitz , † January 26, 1993 in Rottweil ), was a German doctor and politician of the (SPD) . She was a member of the Advisory State Assembly of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and from 1947 was one of two women in the first state parliament of Württemberg-Hohenzollern .
Life
Gertrud Schünemann was born on March 14, 1908 as the daughter of Rebekka and Max Otto Schünemann in Steglitz, which at that time was not yet incorporated into Berlin. Her childhood years were overshadowed by the First World War . She attended high school in Berlin and Celle and passed the Abitur examination in 1926. Due to financial difficulties, she was unable to study immediately afterwards, but initially worked as an office assistant in Hanover. In addition to her normal job, she made a card index on behalf of the Notgemeinschaft der deutschen Wissenschaft .
It was not until 1929 that she was able to begin studying medicine as a student trainee in Berlin , and in 1932 she was able to take the pre-exam. During this time she was in contact with members of the “Socialist Student Group Berlin”. In the following years she continued her studies in Freiburg (1933) and Cologne (1934).
On October 5, 1935, Gertrud Schünemann married Walter Erich Metzger, who was two years older than him, in his hometown of Pforzheim and interrupted her studies for a few years. She continued her studies in Tübingen in 1942 and passed her state examination in 1944 . In the same year she received her doctorate . The topic of her dissertation was: "Medical photography with» Agfa spectral plates «."
From 1946 Metzger worked actively in the SPD. She belonged to the state executive committee of the SPD and was a member of the district assembly in Rottweil.
On November 17, 1946, she was elected as one of 14 SPD members in the Advisory State Assembly, which was to draft a state constitution for the newly formed state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in the French occupation zone after the Second World War . Gertrud Metzger, Dora Schlatter ( CDU ) and Luitgard Schneider (CDU) were the only women in the 66-member body.
On December 9, 1947, she moved into the first state parliament of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern as a replacement for Karl Raaf . She was the only woman in parliament until 1950, the DVP -Abgeordnete Margarete Fischer-Bosch joined them. Metzger was a member of the state parliament until its dissolution in 1952. She was a member of the cultural policy committee, the rules of procedure and petitions committee, the special committee for the school law and the finance committee.
Gertrud Metzger died on January 26, 1993 at the age of 84 in Rottweil.
literature
- Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament. Southwest German parliamentarians from 1919 until today. Edited by the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg. 2nd act., Ext. Edition, Schwabenverlag, Ostfildern-Ruit 2012, ISBN 3-923476-15-9 , p. 121.
- Susanne Sander: Careers and Barriers . Helmer, 2003, ISBN 978-3-897-41163-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
Individual evidence
- ^ Protestant church records Baden, Pforzheim 1935, pp. 533 and 534.
- ↑ Thomas Rösslein: Sources for the constitution of Württemberg-Hohenzollern . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-170-18977-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (ed.): MdL, the members of the Landtag in Baden-Württemberg 1946-1978 . Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-12-911930-2 , p. 200.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butcher, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schünemann, Gertrud Berta (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin-Steglitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1993 |
| Place of death | Rottweil |