Helene Engelbrecht
Helene Engelbrecht (born November 18, 1849 in Braunschweig ; † August 28, 1927 there ) was a German educator , women's rights activist , benefactor and founder of several welfare institutions .
Life
Engelbrecht was born into a large family of lawyers. She first moved to her brother in Bremen , where she worked as a tutor for her nieces and nephews. In 1900 she returned to her hometown and got a job as director of the Relief Society "Elisabeth". In the following twenty years she regularly visited and looked after female prisoners in Wolfenbüttel . In order to prepare them for release from prison and to achieve rehabilitation , she founded an aid association. She was also committed to other socially disadvantaged groups in the population. For example, she looked after children who had suffered abuse, organized the training of qualified carers for the orphanages and stood up for impoverished citizens.
In 1903 she founded an office for information, job records and job placement specifically for women. In the following year a legal office was established. This dealt with tenancy and labor law problems that women had to face at all times. The women's rights activist was firmly convinced that the women employed there could stand up for equal rights for women through their new insights gained in civics. From 1906 she was also involved in the Braunschweiger Kinderschutzbund and achieved that the association was allowed to train women to care for orphans. In 1908 the training was replaced by the Relief Society and from then on it was an independent branch.
Engelbrecht was often criticized by the conservative side, but she did not allow this criticism to dissuade her from her plans to help those in need, but instead looked after the poor and orphans in her hometown. In 1909, for example, a police assistant, a health insurance inspector and a housing inspector were hired in Braunschweig. During the First World War , the association was able to survive thanks to numerous volunteer helpers and the Brunswick Industry welfare group. Only the legal protection office and the people's kitchen were passed on to other organizations.
Helene Engelbrecht died shortly before she turned 78.
Afterlife
The former vocational school IV of the city of Braunschweig chose Helene Engelbrecht as its namesake, as her charitable commitment is in line with the school's mission statement. A street in the Braunschweig district of Stöckheim was also named after her.
literature
- Not a pious Helene - Engelbrecht! in: Braunschweigisches Unterhaltungsblatt 1913.
- Gabriele Armenat (ed.): Women from Braunschweig. Braunschweig City Library , Braunschweig 1991, DNB 930065956 .
- Kerstin Rahn: Engelbrecht, Helene. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 164 .
Web links
- Homepage of the Helene Engelbrecht School
- Naming for the vocational schools IV and the technical school of the city of Braunschweig on ratsinfo.braunschweig.de (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Engelbrecht, Helene. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 164 .
- ↑ a b Helene Engelbrecht on helene-engelbrecht-schule.de, accessed on February 16, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelbrecht, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German benefactor, women's rights activist and founder of several welfare institutions |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1927 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |