Helene Grünberg
Helene Grünberg (born June 28, 1874 in Berlin , † July 7, 1928 in Nuremberg ) was a German seamstress and politician (SPD). Grünberg was best known as Germany's first female workers' secretary (1905).
Live and act
Helene Grünberg was born in 1874 as the daughter of a Berlin restaurateur . After attending primary school in Berlin, she was trained as a craft seamstress . In the 1890s she joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany and in 1896 she became a member of the trade union movement. In this she mainly organized maids, laundry and cleaning women.
In the SPD, Grünberg was primarily involved in the social democratic women's movement. In this she was one of the first women to appear publicly as political speakers in the German Reich.
On July 1, 1905 or 1908, Grünberg took over the office of workers secretary for Nuremberg at the instigation of the Nuremberg trade union cartel. She was the first female (paid) workers secretary in Germany. In this role she managed to increase the number of unionized women by 60% within a year. In 1906, at Grünberg's instigation, the first free-trade union service association was founded in Nuremberg.
In November 1919, Grünberg became a member of the Weimar National Assembly , in which she represented constituency 26 (Francs) until June 1920.
Grünberg died by suicide in 1928 . According to Kuhn and Rüsen, she took this step “in a fit of deep depression”.
Today the Helene-Grünberg-Strasse in Nuremberg reminds of Grünberg's life and political work. The Zerzabelshof elementary school is sometimes referred to as the Helene Grünberg School, but has not yet been officially renamed (as of Nov. 2018).
Works
- Women's suffrage and social policy . In: Women's suffrage! Published by Clara Zetkin on the First Social Democratic Women's Day. March 19, 1911, pp. 7-8. ( Digitized and full text in the German text archive )
- Women's suffrage movement in Bavaria . In: Women's suffrage! Edited for the Second Social Democratic Women's Day. May 12, 1912, pp. 14-15. ( Digitized and full text in the German text archive )
literature
- Helene Grünberg. In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism. Volume I. Deceased personalities . JHW Dietz Nachf., Hanover 1960, pp. 106-107.
- Ida Altmann, Gisela Losseff-Tillmanns: woman and union . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1982, p. 280. (= women in society. Early texts )
- Elisabeth Plößl: Helene Grünberg (1874-1928). Social democrat and first female workers' secretary in Germany . In: Bavarias Daughters. Portraits of women from five centuries . Pustet, Regensburg 1997, pp. 258-261. contents
Individual evidence
- ^ Dieter Rossmeissl: Workers and Social Democrats in Nuremberg 1890-1914. 1977, p. 372.
- ↑ 100 years of the SPD Neustadt Aisch. Festschrift, p. 10. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Equal Opportunities Office for Women: Aschaffenburg. A scene of the Bavarian women's movement. 1995, p. 99. Or: State furan committee of the DGB Bavaria: Let's just give it a try with the woman .
- ↑ Equal Opportunities Office for Women: Aschaffenburg. A scene of the Bavarian women's movement. 1995, p. 99.
- ^ Negotiations of the constituent German National Assembly. Volume 343, Berlin 1920, p. 3506 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Annette Kuhn and Jörn Rüsen: Women in History. P. 42.
- ^ City of Nuremberg: List of primary schools in Nuremberg. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünberg, Helene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German seamstress and politician (SPD) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1928 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |