Hedwig Fuchs

Hedwig Fuchs (born Bockeloh ; * May 7, 1864 in Spandau ; † February 23, 1944 in Hamburg ) was involved in various Catholic social associations and was briefly a member of the Reichstag for the Center Party .

Life

After primary school, Fuchs attended a seminar for teachers. In 1882 she passed the examination as a teacher for middle and high schools for girls and then worked as a teacher. In 1892 she married the captain Heinrich Fuchs and since then has lived in Hamburg as a housewife . The couple's only son died during the First World War .

Fuchs was active in various Catholic charitable organizations and women's associations. In 1906 she was one of the co-founders of the trade union of homeworkers Gauverband Hamburg; Between 1909 and 1924, Fuchs was the district chairwoman. Margarete Gröwel , who joined the center in 1924 , became her political foster daughter. In 1913, Fuchs founded the trade union's workshop and was the honorary director of the facility. Between 1914 and 1924 she was a member of the board of AOK Hamburg. Later she was a member of the health insurance committee, she was also a member of the decision and rulings committee of the Hamburg Insurance Office and, since 1927, also worked as a labor judge.

Fuchs belonged to the Center Party and had been a member of the executive board of the Hamburg regional association since 1920 and chairwoman of the local women's council since 1922. Between 1929 and 1930 she was a member of the Reichstag.

literature

• Rita Bake and Brita Reimers: This is how they lived! Walking on the paths of women in Hamburg's old and new town. State Center for Political Education, Hamburg 2003, p. 199.

Web links

• Hedwig Fuchs in the database of members of the Reichstag