Helene Schneidewin

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Helene Schneidewin (born October 9, 1866 in Berlin as Helene Mehlis ; † July 25, 1953 in Magdeburg ) was a German local politician, feminist and during the Weimar period a member of the German Democratic Party .

Life

Schneidewin came to the capital of the Prussian province of Saxony as the wife (marriage: 1887 in Berlin) of Ernst Schneidewin (1855-1934) from Magdeburg. She lived in the Magdeburg district of Alte Neustadt in the house at Beethovenstrasse 4, which was then also owned by her. She helped set up the local branch of the General German Women's Association, founded in Magdeburg in 1900 . From 1901 she was chairwoman of the Magdeburg Youth Protection Association against alcohol abuse and immorality . The so-called morality work of the organization meant primarily preventive activities and was aimed at girls and young women, but occasionally also at the male population. It aimed to change ethical and moral attitudes towards sexual behavior and - with a view to sexually transmitted diseases - to increase health awareness. To curb alcohol abuse, the association established so-called milk houses in various places in the city and in 1912/13 its non-alcoholic restaurant in a good downtown location for an alternative culture of hospitality and socializing. In 1908 the women's association of the province of Saxony was founded, in which Schneidewin was chairman. As its director, the feminist was also a member of the board of the Federation of German Women's Associations for many years . In 1912 she and Elisabeth Korte from Magdeburg submitted a petition to the Prussian state parliament for the Women's Association of Saxony to increase the approved funds for youth care “in favor of their use for female youth”. Before the First World War, she was a member of the board of directors of the Association for Drinking Welfare formed by the city of Magdeburg. From the beginning, as early as 1918, she was committed to building up the Magdeburg branch of the German Democratic Party . From 1927 to 1929 the democrat was an elected city councilor. During the Nazi era, Schneidewin lived a secluded life. She died at almost 87 years old - almost forgotten - in the Haus Dorothea old people's home at Johannes-Schlaf-Strasse 10 in Magdeburg's Stadtfeld West district .

plant

With the youth protection association, Schneidewin initiated a number of practical initiatives for the prevention of prostitution and thus influenced community developments in the social and health sector even before her time in the official office as a city councilor. Through the Women's Association of the Province of Saxony, the branch manager of the Federation of German Women's Associations in the Prussian province of Saxony has been active for years for more rights for women and opportunities for female social participation. For her contributions in 1922 to the preparation and realization of MIAMA, the “Central German Fair for Settlement, Social Welfare and Work”, she was awarded the medal of the city of Magdeburg. In general, she has the merit of effectively networking Magdeburg women who are active in the welfare sector with their diverse potential for some initiatives for social progress in the city.

Publications

  • Magdeburg's welfare institutions. The material has been collected by the Magdeburg local group of the General German Women's Association, compiled by Rose Meyer and Helene Schneidewin, Heinrichshofen'sche Buchhandlung, Magdeburg 1902.
  • Practical women's work in welfare , lecture given on January 20, 1903 in the General German Women's Association in Magdeburg. In: Negotiations and communications from the Association for Public Health Care in Magdeburg . 30. u. 31st annual booklet (1902/1903), Magdeburg 1904, pp. 7-19.
  • War cookbook, references to simple dishes that are adapted to the foods available now , women's verb. d. Prov. Saxony, Peters, Magdeburg 1915.

literature

  • Sabine Schaller: Blue Cross men, Good Templar siblings and abstinent women. Association-based alcohol prevention in Magdeburg from the end of the 19th century to 1933 (= Magdeburg series. Writings of the Magdeburg University of Applied Sciences. Vol. 26). Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-398-3 , pp. 33, 58-63, 67, 115-131, 209, 237 f.
  • Sabine Schaller: Helene Schneidewin (1866–1953). Bourgeois social reformer and committed campaigner for women's rights in the central German metropolis Magdeburg between 1900 and 1933. In: Saxony and Anhalt. Yearbook of the Historical Commission for Saxony-Anhalt , Vol. 29 (2017), pp. 199–230.
  • Sabine Schaller: Schneidewin, Helene Johanna, b. Mehlis (Mehliß) . In: Eva Labouvie (Ed.): Women in Saxony-Anhalt, Vol. 2: A biographical-bibliographical lexicon from the 19th century to 1945. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2019, ISBN 978-3-412-51145-6 , p. 402-403.

Remarks

  1. ^ Magdeburg address book from 1939, Part I, p. 346.
  2. ↑ Barbara Greven-Aschoff: The bourgeois women's movement in Germany 1894-1933 (= critical studies on historical science . Volume 46). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1981, p. 286 (Zugl. Univ. Diss. Erlangen-Nürnberg 1976). Digitized
  3. ↑ Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the Prussian manor house , Annexes, Vol. 2. 1913, p. 1462.
  4. ↑ Manfred Wille : Magdeburg's departure into modernity: Magdeburg local politics from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Nazi dictatorship. Documentation of the City Planning Office Magdeburg 39 II, Magdeburg 1995, p. 15; on-line
  5. ↑ Magdeburg Address Book 1950/51, Part II, p. 99.
personal data
SURNAME Schneidewin, Helene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mehlis, Helene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (DDP)
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1953
Place of death Magdeburg