Maria Birnbaum (politician)

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Karoline Friederike Maria Theresia Birnbaum (born October 16, 1872 in Gießen ; † August 9, 1959 there ) was a German national liberal politician ( DVP ), a member of the state parliament of the People's State of Hesse and a teacher .

Life

Maria Birnbaum was born as the daughter of the medical professor Karl Friedrich Joseph Birnbaum (1833-1894) and his wife Maria Theresia Pauline Margarethe born. Groppe (1844–1910) was born. In 1888 she took up teacher training at the Catholic boarding school in Marienwerth (Netherlands), which she finished in 1891 by passing the teachers' exam. Then she worked as an educator abroad. From 1899 to 1921 she was employed as a teacher at the secondary girls' school (today: Ricarda-Huch-Schule) in Giessen.

From 1921 to 1931 Birnbaum was a member of the state parliament of the DVP parliamentary group for three electoral terms. As one of only twelve women in the state parliament, she campaigned for women's rights and the school system.

Maria Birnbaum is buried together with her sister Clara in the old cemetery in Gießen.

Honors

The Maria-Birnbaum-Weg in Giessen is named after her.

literature

  • Hannelore Götz, Klaus-Dieter Rack (arrangement): Hessian MPs 1820-1933. Supplementary volume (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 10). Publishing house of the Historical Association for Hesse, Darmstadt 1995.
  • 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 . 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. 77.
  • 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. 61.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel and Birgit Groß (arrangement): Hessian delegates 1820-1933. Biographical evidence for the estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse (2nd Chamber) and the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse (= Darmstädter Archivschriften, Volume 5). Verlag des Historisches Verein für Hessen, Darmstadt 1980, pp. 67–68.

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personal data
SURNAME Birnbaum, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Birnbaum, Karoline Friederike Maria Theresia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German national liberal politician (DVP), member of the Landtag of the People's State of Hesse and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1959
Place of death to water