Karoline Zorwald
Karoline Zorwald (born October 22, 1889 in Gersdorf ; died May 15, 1966 in Dortmund ) was a German local politician of the SPD .
Life
Karoline Zorwald married the miner Anton Zorwald and came to Dortmund in 1913. She joined the SPD in 1919 and was one of the founders of the Dortmunder Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) in 1920 . From 1930 to 1933 she was head of the AWO in Dortmund. From 1922 to 1925 she was a city councilor in Dortmund and was elected unpaid city councilor in 1925. The focus of their work was on the city's welfare committee. In 1929 she was a delegate of the SPD sub-district of Hörde at the SPD party conference in Magdeburg . With the transfer of power to the National Socialists in 1933, their political work was violently ended.
On September 12, 1949, Zorwald was a member of the Federal Assembly for the election of the Federal President. From November 1952 to September 1964 she was again a council member in Dortmund and from 1961 to 1966 she was a member of the district board of Western Westphalia of the AWO.
In 1955 she received the Dortmund Ring of Honor. A street in Dortmund-Hombruch was named after her in 1969, and in 1994 the AWO opened the Karola-Zorwald senior center in Dortmund-Brackel .
literature
- Volker Zaib: Karoline Zorwald , in: Bernd Faulenbach , Stefan Goch , Günther Högl, Karsten Rudolph , Uwe Schledorn: Social democracy in transition: the district of Western Westphalia 1893-2001 . 4th edition. Essen: Klartext, 2001 ISBN 3-89861-062-4 , p. 101
Web links
- Karoline Zorwald , at the Women's Office of the City of Dortmund
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zorwald, Karoline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gawroniec (Połczyn-Zdrój) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1966 |
| Place of death | Dortmund |