Irene Franken

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Irene Franken (2020)

Irene Franken (* 1952 in Düsseldorf ) is a German historian and journalist . She is co-founder of the Cologne Women's History Association and was awarded alternative honorary citizenship in Cologne in 2017 .

Life

From 1964 to 1972 Irene Franken attended the Clara Schumann Municipal Gymnasium in Düsseldorf. She then studied at the University of Cologne , the subjects German and history for the teacher at the junior high school . From 1979 to 1981 she worked as a secondary school teacher and passed her second state examination for teaching at secondary schools. From 1978 she organized readings, exhibitions and public relations in the women's bookstore Rhiannon . In 1984 she and Gwen Edith Kiesewalter founded the women's history project Frau Dr. Faust meets Agrippina , from which the Cologne Women's History Association was founded in 1986. Irene Franken was one of the initiators and founders of the association, of which she has been managing director since 1989. Since then she has designed museum tours and city excursions especially for women as well as numerous exhibitions, among others in cooperation with the Anne Frank House Amsterdam , the NS Documentation Center of the City of Cologne , the Social Service of Catholic Women and the Rhineland Regional Council . In 1986 she was involved in the founding of the union of the German, Swiss and Austrian city guides Miss Marple's sisters . Irene Franken was involved in various research projects a. a. of the Cologne Archives and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for the Stories of Women in Cologne. From 1992 she was involved in setting up and organizing the Feminist Archive and Documentation Center in the FrauenMediaTurm in Cologne . From 1999 to 2005 Irene Franken was employed by the Rhineland Regional Council, initially at the Equal Opportunities Office, and from 2002 as Deputy General Manager for Press and Marketing.

In 2015, she was appointed regional jury member for the Federal President's history competition for young people.

In 1986, in Cologne, she campaigned for the Seidenmachergäßchen and Unter Riemenschneidern to be renamed to the new street names Seidenmacherinnengäßchen and Unter Seidmacherinnen , after she was able to prove through historical research that only women were active in this profession. Through her intervention, together with Petra May, it was achieved in 1987 that instead of the originally five statues originally planned, 18 women from Cologne's city history were included in the figure program at the Cologne council tower .

Awards

1997 Irene Franken received in recognition "for his outstanding achievements in the scenic Culture Care" from the Rhineland Regional Council the Rhineland dollars . In 2004, Irene Franken received the Inge von Bönninghausen Prize for her decades of feminist commitment . Together with the Cologne Women's History Association, she was awarded the Anneke Prize in 2015. On January 8, 2017, Irene Franken received alternative honorary citizenship from the citizens' committee for her commitment to researching the history of women in Cologne.

Works

  • Witches. The persecution of women in Cologne. Volksblatt Verlag, Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-923243-32-4 (with Ina Hoerner )
  • Cologne of women. A city walk and reading book. Volksblatt-Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-923243-94-4 (with Christiane Kling-Mathey (Ed.))
  • Cologne. The women's city guide. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02415-9
  • "YES, WOMEN'S STUDIES ARE DIFFICULT". Students and lecturers at Cologne University until 1933. Catalog for the exhibition in Cologne University and City Library, April 28-10. June 1995. Cologne M & T Verlag, 1995
  • Witches. Persecution in Cologne. Emons, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89705-173-7 (with Ina Hoerner)
  • What achieved? Women's life stories from the perspective of different cultures. Edited by the Cologne Women's History Association. Schmidt von Schwind, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-932050-19-3 (with Shirin Jazaeri and Renate Staudenmeyer)
  • Women in Cologne. The historical city guide. JP Bachem, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-7616-2029-8

Essays

  • Do not stay the deceived any longer! The democratic feminist Mathilde Franziska Anneke in Cologne (1847-1849) , in: That was a hot March time. Revolution in the Rhineland 1848/49, Fritz Bilz & Klaus Schmidt (eds.), PapyRossa publishing house, Cologne 1998.
  • The virgin Colonia heart for lesbians , in: The other city book. Lesbians and gays in Cologne , Melanie Grande, Michael Meiger, Marianne Rogler (eds.), Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1996.
  • Women in the cities - a story of witches, whores and saints? in: Der Städtetag, 43, 1990, no. 1, p. 10

Exhibitions and projects (selection)

  • Miss Dr. Faust meets Agrippina (1984)
  • The woman in the history of Cologne - art exhibition (1986)
  • Historical collaborations (1988)
  • Opposition Movements in Cologne in the 1950s - Research Project (1990–1991)
  • Ten o'clock punctually Gürzenich - Exhibition (1993–1995)
  • Yes, it is difficult to study women! - exhibition (1995)
  • Conception of the cycle route Wasser, Wälder, Eisenhämmer, together with Dieter Grausdies and Gudrun Schwozer for the Rhineland Regional Council and the Environment Agency of the City of Cologne (1996–1998)
  • Conception and supervision of the accompanying program for the exhibition Anne Frank, a story for today , in cooperation with the Anne Frank House Amsterdam and the NS Documentation Center Cologne (1998)
  • Conception of an audio collage for the 100th birthday of the social service of Catholic women (2000)
  • Organization and programming of the exhibition DieEineDieSelbeDieAndere - photo exhibition by Jane Dunker (2002)
  • Conception and implementation of the tour Schlummere soft dear woman - women at the Cologne Melatenfriedhof (2002)
  • Organization of a start day, Melanchthon Academy (2004)
  • Conception and implementation of the city tour Where Casanova learned his lesson - Wedding & Love in Cologne (2005)
  • 25 years CSD in Cologne - exhibition, in cooperation with the Center for Gay History eV (2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irene Franken - Homepage: Training , accessed on November 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Bernd Imgrund: The women historian. In: emons-verlag.blogspot.de. Retrieved November 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Irene Franken | Historian | Vita . In: archive.is . September 3, 2012 ( Irene Franken | historian | Vita ( memento from September 3, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) [accessed on November 21, 2016]).
  4. ^ Ida Dachverband eV: The 2015 Anneke Prize went to the Cologne Women's History Association. (No longer available online.) In: www.ida-dachverband.de. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016 ; accessed on November 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ida-dachverband.de
  5. ↑ Helmut Signon; Klaus Schmidt: All roads lead through Cologne . Greven, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-7743-0379-7 , p. 313 f .; 348 .
  6. ^ Hiltrud Kier: The new figure program of the Cologne council tower. Content and origin . In: Hiltrud Kier, Bernd Ernsting, Ulrich Krings (Eds.): Stadtspuren - Monuments in Cologne . tape 21 . JP Bachem, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7616-1156-0 , p. 268 .
  7. ↑ Irene Franken - Homepage: Honors , accessed on November 21, 2016
  8. ↑ Brigitte Maser: Cologne woman dismantles male-oriented history . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed on November 21, 2016]).
  9. ↑ Dirk Riße: Kölner Geschichte: Historian Irene Franken becomes alternative honorary citizen . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on November 21, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Franconia, Irene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf