Maria Hipp
Maria Hipp (born October 13, 1919 ; † March 15, 2015 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German midwife.
Life
After completing secondary school, she initially worked as a telephone operator and dentist and doctor's assistant. In 1940 she began training as a midwife at the State Women's Clinic and Midwifery School in Stuttgart-Berg. After completing her training, she worked for a few years as a clinic midwife in Berlin and, with Willibald Pschyrembel, set up the obstetric department of the Berlin-Friedrichshain Municipal Hospital. Hipp worked at the hospital as a senior midwife, gave advanced training courses for freelance midwives and taught obstetrics at the Charité nursing school from 1950 . After four years of midwifery work in the Göppingen district hospital, she worked from 1956–65 as a senior midwife at the University Women's Clinic and Midwifery Training Institute in Heidelberg. 1966–79 followed further managerial work at the university women's clinic and midwifery school in Freiburg. She took part in the development of the “Family Midwife Campaign” in the Bremen Midwife Project from 1979-83.
Offices
- Chairwoman of the Association of German Institutional Midwives a. D.
- Vice-President of the Association of German Midwives a. D., both predecessor organizations of the German Midwives Association
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (July 25, 1977)
source
- Obituary
- Barbara Staschek, Ursula Schroth: Farewell to Maria Hipp. German midwifery magazine, May 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hipp, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hipp, Maria Lydia (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German midwife |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1919 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 2015 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |