Maria Croenlein
Maria Croenlein (also Crönlein ; born March 24, 1883 in Altdorf UR ; † November 20, 1943 ibid) was a Swiss social work scientist. In 1918 she founded the Swiss Social Charitable Women's School in Lucerne , which she headed until 1930. The women's school was the first educational institution for social work in Switzerland.
biography
Maria Croenlein was born in 1883 as the daughter of the German bookbinder Alphons Croenlein and his wife Leonie (née Ammann). She experienced her youth in Altdorf UR and completed primary and secondary school. After breaking off an apprenticeship as a saleswoman, she worked as a housekeeper for her grandmother near Ludwigshafen. Later she attended the social women's school in Heidelberg and took lectures in economics and ethics at the university there.
After working as a Samaritan in Freiburg im Breisgau at the beginning of World War I , she returned to the canton of Uri . After working as a propaganda secretary (1916–1919), she worked until 1925 as general secretary of the Swiss Catholic Women's Association . In 1918 she became the first director of the Swiss Social Charity Women's School, which was founded in Lucerne as the first Swiss educational institution for social work (today: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences - Social Work ). In 1930 she was pressed against her will by the school commission to resign. She then distanced herself not only from the women's school, but also from the Swiss Catholic Women's Association.
For seven years (1918–1923) Maria Croenlein edited the magazine Die Catholic Schweizerin . Croenlein was a staunch opponent of women's suffrage in Switzerland and refused to work with non-Catholic women's organizations.
Maria Croenlein remained single.
Web links
- Regula Ludi: Maria Crönlein. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 12, 2004 , accessed November 4, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 100 years of training in social work in Lucerne: 1910s , on the website of the University of Lucerne, accessed on November 4, 2019
- ↑ 100 years of training in social work in Lucerne: 1930s. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Croenlein, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crönlein, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss social work scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altdorf UR |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1943 |
| Place of death | Altdorf UR |