Leopoldine Glöckel
Leopoldine Glöckel , born von Pfaffinger (born November 12, 1871 in Gaudenzdorf , today Vienna , † May 21, 1937 there ) was an Austrian social democratic politician. She was the wife of the school reformer Otto Glöckel since 1897 .
Life
As the daughter of the director of the Vienna Telephone and Telegraph Administration, Josef von Pfaffinger, Leopoldine grew up in a wealthy family with her grandparents because her mother had died. She received a good education with private tuition after the compulsory eight-grade elementary school and then attended the teacher training college. She worked as a handicraft and vocational school teacher from 1893 to 1934.
Leopoldine Glöckel became involved early on as women's rights activist in the General Austrian Women's Association of Rosa Mayreder , and thus avoided a long time, decidedly the Social Democratic Party to join because they thought he recognized initially more opportunities for reform here in a nonpartisan association. Nevertheless, she had to struggle with professional difficulties under Mayor Karl Lueger .
After that, however, she joined the party and was active in the women's central committee of the Social Democratic Party. In the Vienna district of Meidling , where she lived with her husband, she headed the Meidling women's organization. From 1919 to 1934 she sat as a representative of her district in the Vienna City Council and was a member of the Vienna State Parliament. She was also the vice-president of the Societas welfare association . She was one of the founding members of the district museum in Meidling .
As a result of the February events , Leopoldine Glöckel was imprisoned from February 12 to March 30, 1934.
She was buried in the honorary grave of her husband in the Meidlinger Friedhof . In 1949, the urban residential complex Leopoldine-Glöckel-Hof was named after her. In 2006 the Leopoldine-Glöckel-Weg in Vienna-Meidling was named after the district politician.
meaning
Leopoldine Glöckel's importance lies primarily in her commitment to the women's movement in Austria. As a gifted speaker, she was still active in the social democratic reading and discussion club Libertas in the 1890s . She was also one of the leading figures on the voting rights committee, which campaigned for the legal equality of women.
As a teacher, who came into contact with the later mayor and teacher of Vienna, Karl Seitz , and through her husband Otto Glöckel, she was particularly interested in school policy issues during the First Republic. She supported Otto Glöckel and his school reform with specialist articles.
Leopoldine Glöckel campaigned for the establishment of a school for housemaids and continued to lead it after it was founded. She also worked for the social democratic magazine Die Frau .
literature
- Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna . Volume 2: De - Gy . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1993, ISBN 3-218-00544-2 .
Web links
- Leopoldine Glöckel. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
- Leopoldine Glöckel in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glöckel, Leopoldine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfaffinger, Leopoldine von (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian women's rights activist and politician (SPÖ), member of the state parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaudenzdorf , today Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1937 |
| Place of death | Gaudenzdorf , today Vienna |