Lena Maurer
Magdalena "Lena" Maurer , b. Amann (born April 9, 1904 in Munich ; † December 25, 1990 in Mannheim ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and a member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament from 1949 to 1952.
Life and work
Maurer was a daughter of the Heidelberg trade union secretary and mayor Josef Amann . After elementary school in Mannheim, she worked as an assistant to a dentist. In 1921 she attended a private business school and then worked as an office clerk. From 1930 to 1933 she was department head at a Heidelberg publishing house and from 1931 to 1933 she was deputy chairwoman of the AWO in Heidelberg . She then ran a grocery store in Mannheim until she married in 1937 and became a housewife. After the Second World War , during which she was obliged to work for a mechanical engineering company and the Mannheim slaughterhouse, she was chairwoman of the Heidelberg AWO and later worked at the housing and employment office in Mannheim. For her social commitment in the post-war period she was honored by the citizens of the Schönau district with the nickname "Angel of Schönau". Maurer had two children.
politics
Maurer joined the SAJ during the Weimar Republic and was chairman in Heidelberg from 1921 to 1928. In 1924 she joined the SPD and from 1946 to 1977 was a board member of the Mannheim Social Democrats. From 1948 to 1951 and from 1968 to 1980 she was a council member of the city of Mannheim. From August 30, 1949, when she replaced the late MP Gustav Zimmermann , she was a member of the state parliament of Württemberg-Baden until 1952 . In 1952/53 she was a member of the state constitutional assembly and thereafter until 1968 a member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament without interruption . Here she worked on numerous committees such as the economic, social and agricultural committees. In addition, Maurer was a member of the Presidium of the State Parliament and was appointed first chairman of the Petitions Committee. In this she dealt with the complaints and applications of the citizens.
Honors
- Large Federal Cross of Merit 1967
- Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg 1979
- Ring of Honor of the City of Mannheim 1980
- Lena-Maurer-Platz in Mannheim 1992
literature
- Wolfgang Brach: The Mannheim City Council 1945–1984 . Mannheim 1984, ISBN 3-87804-162-4
- Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament. Southwest German Palarmentarians from 1919 until today. Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 3923476159 , p. 205.
Web links
- Short biography at the exhibition Resistance against National Socialism
- Honoring the 100th birthday of the SPD Mannheim-Schönau (PDF file; 65 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MARCHIVUM: street names, Lena Mason Square. Retrieved August 27, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mason, Lena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mason, Magdalena (real name); Amann, Magdalena (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1990 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |