Maria Schmitz (politician)
Maria Johanna Schmitz (born February 5, 1875 in Aachen , † July 9, 1962 in Essen ) was a German teacher and politician at the center .
Life and work
After attending the secondary girls' school and the teachers ' seminar , Schmitz was already working as a teacher at the secondary girls' school Caspari in Trier at the age of 19 . From 1900 to 1902 she attended senior teacher courses for German and history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . From 1903 to 1910 she was active in the training of young teachers at the municipal teacher training institute in her hometown of Aachen . She then worked at the St. Ursula University in Aachen. In 1907 she was involved in the founding of the Hildegardis Association , of which she became chairwoman. In addition to her professional activity, she was also involved from 1911 to 1916 as an honorary manager of the Association of Catholic German Teachers , of which she was chair from 1916 to 1953. She was also active in many other Catholic associations. She was awarded the papal cross Pro ecclesia et pontifice and the Federal Cross of Merit.
MPs
Schmitz was a member of the Weimar National Assembly for the ZENTRUM in 1919/20 . She ran for the Reichstag election in 1920 , but was not elected because of her poor position on the list. In the National Assembly, she advocated maintaining female teacher celibacy , but on July 17, 1919, she was unable to assert herself against the SPD , DDP , DVP and USPD , who deleted this special rule from the draft constitution at the expense of female officials.
Publications
- Friedrich Barbarossa's relations to Aachen , In: Zeitschrift des Aachener Geschichtsverein , Volume 24, Aachen 1902, pp. 1 ff.
- On the Christian status of celibacy , in: Wochenschrift für Katholische Lehrerinnen, born in 1928, pages 405 ff.
- The idea of the Hildegardisverein and its foundation , in: Die christliche Frau, born in 1957, pages 82f.
literature
- Manfred Berger: Schmitz, Maria Johanna. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 25, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-332-7 , Sp. 1279-1292.
- Barbara Hillen, Otto Weiß: Schmitz, Maria Johanna. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 253 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Maria Schmitz in the database of members of the Reichstag
Individual evidence
- ^ Maria Schmitz - Hildegardis Association. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitz, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmitz, Maria Johanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (German Center Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1962 |
| Place of death | eat |