Lisa Rees
Lisa Rees (born November 9, 1872 in Rottenburg am Neckar as Lisa Stier ; † September 17, 1976 in Lörrach ) was a German pioneer of women's emancipation .
Life
The daughter of entrepreneur Richard Stier and his wife Beate Stier, Lisa Rees grew up with four siblings. In 1895 she married the wealthy teacher Carl Rees, with whom she moved to Lörrach two years later. There they bought the mineral water factory on Palmstrasse.
At first she only campaigned privately for fairer wages for family fathers. In 1903 she founded the Catholic mothers' association of the parish of St. Bonifatius in Lörrach, for which this topic was also relevant. She was a member of the board of this association for many years. During the Third Reich , the mothers' association remained silent; since 1968 the association belonged to the Catholic women's community in Germany .
Lisa Rees also campaigned for the establishment of kindergartens. For her, the role of women and the possibility of their employment were always in the foreground, which she recorded in her publications. During the First World War it took care of wounded soldiers and later, during the inflationary period , it distributed free food to the poor.
At times, Lisa Rees was the oldest inhabitant of the Lörrach district . She died at the age of 104.
Awards
- 1916: Baden Medal of Merit awarded by the Grand Duke
- 1958: Federal Cross of Merit
- Naming of a street in Lörrach - Stetten
literature
- Our Lörrach, a border town in the mirror of time , 1973, p. 188 ff.
- Badische Biographien , NF 1, pp. 225-226.
- R. Wehling: Women in the German Southwest . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1993, pp. 176-179.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rees, Lisa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taurus, Lisa (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German champion of women's emancipation |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottenburg am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 1976 |
| Place of death | Loerrach |