Margot Schumann

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Margot Schumann (born September 26, 1892 in Rastenburg , East Prussia , † August 12, 1975 in Berlin ) was a German scientist and founder of the MTA training in Germany.

Life

Born as the daughter of the government architect Herrman Schumann and his wife, Margot Schumann grew up in Rastenburg and Königsberg . After her father's death, she moved to Berlin with her mother in 1909, where she initially trained as a nurse's assistant and, in 1911, completed a course as a taxidermist at the Pathological Institute of the Moabit Hospital . In 1916 Margot Schumann published the first German textbook for laboratory assistants in the renowned Braumüller Verlag .

Due to the publication of her book, which was also translated into English after the end of World War I , Margot Schumann was admitted to study medicine without a previous Abitur, but did not become a doctor, but turned to the natural sciences. The Prussian Ministry of Culture offered her the opportunity to set up a school for medical-technical assistants in Berlin, which opened in May 1918. The school had its own research laboratory attached to impart both theoretical and practical knowledge. The examination for this training was regulated in Prussia in 1921, so that from then on there were state-recognized "medical-technical assistants".

In 1931 an expanded new edition of her textbook was published by Urban & Schwarzenberg under the title Text and Help Book for Medical-Technical Assistants .

In 1963 Margot Schumann resigned from her position as head of the school for medical-technical assistants after 45 years. She trained more than 2000 female pupils and decisively shaped the framework conditions for this vocational training.

reception

Your commitment to the profession is honored by the umbrella association for technologists and analysts in medicine Germany (DVTA) with the Margot Schumann poster prize, which is awarded annually.

A literary memorial is set for Margot Schumann in Susanne Goga's thriller "Der Ballhausmörder", published in 2020 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sigfried Bahr: A life in the service of medicine: Margot Schumann, pioneer of a modern women's profession . In: Rund um die Rastenburg , Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp. 183-188, 1976.
  2. ^ Adolfine Salamon: Reverence for life: Margot Schumann, co-designer of a women's profession . In: The Ostpreußenblatt , May 22, 1993.
  3. ^ Margot Schumann Poster Prize 2020. Accessed June 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schumann, Margot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German scientist and founder of the MTA training
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastenburg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1975
Place of death Berlin