Johanne Lohmann

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Johanne Lohmann, 1961

Johanne Lohmann (also Anna Lohmann), b. Strube (born May 28, 1902 in Bremen ; † January 26, 2000 in Bremen) was a German politician ( FDP and AfB ) and a member of the Bremen citizenship .

biography

Johanne Lohmann (also called "Hanni" Lohmann) was the daughter of Georg Strube and great-granddaughter of Philipp von Jolly . She attended the Oberlyzeum in Bremen and worked as a bookseller in Bremen and Berlin. She married the diplomat Johann Georg Lohmann (1897–1975), a great-great-grandson of Johann Smidt , grandson of Johann Smidt and grandson of Johann Georg Lohmann . From 1927 to 1935 she lived with her husband in Washington, DC ( USA ), from 1935 to 1937 in Memel , from 1938 to 1943 in Berlin, then with her children near Bad Salzuflen until 1945, from where she lived in the summer 1945 returned to her hometown Bremen. There she was active in the Bremen Women's Committee.

politics

Lohmann joined the FDP in 1950 . She was elected to the Bremen citizenship for the period from 1959 to 1967 , where she was deputy FDP parliamentary group leader for the last four years. She also moved up to the Presidium of the Bremen Citizenship. She remained a member of the deputation for general schools afterwards . From 1968 to 1974 she was chairwoman of the women's acquisition and training association . At times she headed the Friends of the House of the Family (Mothers' School). In the 1980s she left the FDP. In the mid-1990s she became a member of the Arbeits für Bremen und Bremerhaven (AfB).

Democratization and women's rights

After the Second World War, Lohmann became politically active. During her years in the USA she got to know the effectiveness of political and social women's associations and applied her knowledge in Bremen. Her conviction: there must never be dictatorial rule in Germany again; by increased activity of German women in the field of politics, men can be prevented from seeking military adventure again.

In speeches and panel discussions she advocated the thesis that women in Germany should strive for a stronger role in political leadership bodies; but that the more they work together with men, instead of hindering or even combating them, the greater their effectiveness.

The Bremen Women's Committee , founded in 1946, became one of Johanne Lohmann's fields of activity. She was soon elected to the board and described her relationship to the initiators from the very beginning ( Anna Stiegler , Käthe Popall , Irmgard Enderle , Anna Klara Fischer , Agnes Heineken ) as follows:

“At that time I was probably the youngest on the board and learned a lot from these older people, because they were the generation of very energetic women's rights activists from the interwar years. They all had this somewhat combative demeanor of the first generation of women. I myself was more inclined to think that if I stand up for all of these things, we should do it together with the men, not with the combative accent. "

America trip 1951

Lohmann was among the German women from the Women's Bureau of the US Department of Labor in cooperation with the United States Department of State (State Department) and 10 US women's organizations in the United States were invited on "Preparing German Women for Creative Citizenship." She traveled through the United States from September to the end of December 1951. Places she visited on this trip and where she gave speeches or participated in discussions were New York, Washington DC, Wilmington (Delaware), Athens, Dayton and Columbus (Ohio), Lambertville (New Jersey), Lafayette ( Indiana), Sacramento and San Francisco (California), Chicago (Illinois), Denver and Colorado Springs (Colorado), Walkerton (Indiana), Newark (Delaware). In her speeches she spoke about the awakening political awareness of women in Germany and asked her American audience for patience and assistance in the democratization process in Germany.

FDP rift - new political home

When the FDP changed its stance on military service for women in the early 1980s, Lohmann announced that it was leaving the party. The FDP, which had previously campaigned against compulsory military service for women, was now in favor and could not be dissuaded by Lohmann's petitions. As a 93-year-old, she found a new political home with the Arbeits für Bremen und Bremerhaven (AfB), of which she was the oldest member.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bremer-frauenausschuss.de
  2. ↑ Women's Employment and Training Association, (feav) For details, see feav-bremen.de (accessed on November 3, 2009)
  3. ^ The Women's Bureau of the US, Department of Labor, what it is, what is does . Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, text from 1991, updated 1999, describes the functioning and tasks of this institution; Retrieved November 3, 2009
  4. ^ Federation of Womens Clubs, League of Women Voters, National Democratic Womens Club, AAUW American Association of University Women, YWCA Young Women Christian Association, Church Clubs, Parent Teacher Associations, and others
  5. ↑ Two examples of her speeches: In Wilmington (Del) in November 1951 she spoke to the YWCA Wilmington on “Womens' responsibility in today's world”. At the same place, she spoke at a celebration of “World Community Day”. These texts can be found in the English-language Wikisource . Newspaper reports appeared in the Wilmington Delaware Journal (Evening) on November 5th and 7th, 1951.
  6. ^ Johanne Lohmann in Wilmington
  7. ↑ Date of birth May 20, 1902 is incorrect; May 28, 1902 is correct; see identity card
personal data
SURNAME Lohmann, Johanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2000
Place of death Bremen