Lily Pringsheim

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Lily Pringsheim (born Chun ; born February 7, 1887 in Königsberg , East Prussia , † September 28, 1954 in Darmstadt ) was a German politician and member of the state parliament in Hesse.

Her maternal grandfather was the German zoologist and geologist Carl Vogt (1817–1895), initially a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly from 1848 and, after his escape to Switzerland, from 1852 professor at the University of Geneva. His daughter Lily Vogt married the zoologist and deep-sea researcher Carl Chun (1852-1914), professor at the Universities of Königsberg and Leipzig.

Her daughter Lily married the natural scientist and plant physiologist Ernst Pringsheim junior (1881–1970) from the well-known Pringsheim family on March 18, 1907 in Leipzig . The marriage was divorced in 1921.

Lily Chun settled in Darmstadt with her five children after her divorce . She joined the SPD and drew attention to herself as a “brilliant, impressive and courageous speaker”. It was particularly valued by Interior Minister Wilhelm Leuschner (1890–1944). From December 1931 to April 1933 she was a member of the Hessian state parliament . After the National Socialists came to power , she managed to escape to Czechoslovakia and, after 1938, to the United States . In 1950 she returned to Darmstadt, where she lived on Luisenplatz . The planned return to politics failed, however.

literature

  • Ingrid Langer : Twelve forgotten women. The female members of the parliament of the People's State of Hesse, their political work - their everyday life - their lives. dipa-Verlag, Frankfurt 1989. ISBN 3-7638-0451-X .
  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 297.
  • Klaus-Dieter Rack, Bernd Vielsmeier: Hessian MPs 1820–1933. Biographical evidence for the first and second chambers of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse 1820–1918 and the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse 1919–1933 (= Political and parliamentary history of the State of Hesse. Vol. 19 = Work of the Hessian Historical Commission. NF Vol. 29) . Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-88443-052-1 , No. 681.

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personal data
SURNAME Pringsheim, Lily
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chun, Lily
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hessian politician and member of the state parliament (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1954
Place of death Darmstadt