Gertrud Stockmayer

Gertrud Stockmayer (married Gertrud Stockmayer-Pfeilsticker ; * February 4, 1880 in Stuttgart , † May 11, 1963 in Ravensburg ) was one of the first female high school graduates and students in Württemberg. The philologist and historian dedicated her life to her children and was involved in the women's movement .

Life

Gertrud Stockmayer was born on February 4th in Stuttgart as the daughter of the lawyer Eugen Stockmayer (1850–1908) and his wife Alwine Luise Hartmann (1855–1924). Her father was first a local councilor and later the first salaried mayor of Stuttgart. In his office he was very committed to the expansion of high school education for girls and promoted the academic education of his four children. In addition to Gertrud, these were the psychotherapist Wolf Stockmayer (1881–1933), the lawyer and composer Erich Stockmayer (1863–1965) and the drawing artist and illustrator Elsbeth Stockmayer (1885–1975).

Stockmayer began her elementary school education at the Königin-Katharinen-Stift in Stuttgart in 1888 . From 1894 to 1896 she attended the Rothertsche Höhere Töchterschule there. From 1897 she studied for five semesters as a guest student at the philosophical-pedagogical department of the Technical University in Stuttgart and during this time she enjoyed the support of her father in smoothing the educational path, which is otherwise only accessible under difficult conditions, through professional relationships.

After completing her studies, Stockmayer took up a position as a librarian for the city of Stuttgart in 1899 . At that time, this was an unusual position for women, which they could only get through the influence of their father and which they had to give up after a short time because of envious attacks.

Although she was actually too old for it at the age of 22, she joined Hedwig Dinkel , Anna Stettenheimer and Martha Vollmöller's class from 1902 on account of her previous education and so in 1904 she belonged to the first graduate class of the Stuttgart girls' high school founded in 1899 . However, the four girls passed their Abitur externally at the Cannstatter Knabengymnasium . In the summer semester of 1904, Stockmayer, Stettenheimer and Vollmöller applied for enrollment in philology and history at the University of Tübingen . After the rejection of the university, at the request of the three women, King Wilhelm II issued a decree on May 16, 1904, allowing all women with the appropriate qualifications to study in the Kingdom of Württemberg . They were then allowed to begin their studies on June 7, 1904. As a member of a student theater ensemble, Stockmayer took on the role of Amalie in the play The Robbers on the occasion of the Schiller Year 1905 . She graduated in August 1908 with a doctorate About the sense of nature in Germany in the 10th and 11th centuries to Dr. phil. from.

After her doctorate, Gertrud Stockmayer married Walther Pfeilsticker (1880–1969), a doctor of the same age , whom she met during her studies, on September 5, 1908 . Since then she has dedicated herself consciously to her family. They had three daughters: Gerlint (born September 10, 1909), Ortrun (born June 20, 1912) and Mechthild Pfeilsticker (born October 5, 1919). In 1920, Pfeilsticker became chairman of the newly founded Association for Württemberg Family Studies in Stuttgart, today Association for Family Studies in Baden-Württemberg , whose library was looked after by Gertrud. On December 29, 1924, Gertrud divorced her husband. For reasons befitting her status, she could not decide to work. Ultimately, she was unable to finance her daughters' studies, which is why they had to start working at an early age.

After her divorce, Gertrud Stockmayer-Pfeilsticker got involved in the social field, for example in the national women's service and in the women's movement. In addition, until her death on May 11, 1963, she remained chairwoman of the alumni association of the Stuttgart girls' high school.

Works

• Letters from a student . Ulrike Helmer Verlag, Königstein 2004, ISBN 3-89741-164-4 .

literature

• Corinna Schneider, Melanie Stelly: Gertrud Stockmayer 1880–1963 . In: Equal Opportunities Office of the University of Tübingen (Hrsg.): 100 years of women's studies at the University of Tübingen 1904-2004 - historical overview, reports from contemporary witnesses and contemporary documents . 2007, p. 372–373 , urn : nbn: de: bsz: 21-opus-27233 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gertrud Stockmayer: Letters from a student . Helmer, Königstein 2004, ISBN 3-89741-164-4 , p. 244 .
2. ^ Corinna Schneider: Hedwig Dinkel (1885-1977) . In: Equal Opportunities Office of the University of Tübingen (Hrsg.): 100 years of women's studies at the University of Tübingen 1904–2004 - historical overview, reports from contemporary witnesses and contemporary documents . 2007, p. 367 , urn : nbn: de: bsz: 21-opus-27233 .
3. ↑ Sabine Reuter, Daniel Michalos, Inna Küster: Study instead of trousseau . zeit.de, May 27, 2004, accessed June 2, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Gertrud Stockmayer's student files in the Tübingen University Archives, call number 40 / 223,29