Marie Eleonore Pfungst

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Marie Eleonore Pfungst (born October 18, 1862 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 8, 1943 in Theresienstadt ) was a German women's rights activist and entrepreneur .

family

Marie Eleonore Pfungst was the first child of the tobacco shop Julius Pfungst and his wife Rosette Bertha Pfungst, née Oppenheim, to be born. Her siblings were Arthur Joseph (1864-1912), Moritz Julius (* October 11, 1866; † 1894) and Hedwig Auguste (* January 24, 1870).

Life

Marie Pfungst founded the Association of Frankfurter Frauenvereine in 1902, which she led for 20 years. In 1912, after the death of her brother Arthur Joseph Pfungst (together with her mother Rosette Bertha), she took over the management of the company Naxos-Union , abrasives and grinding machines. In 1918 she founded the Dr. Arthur Pfungst Foundation. She ran the company very successfully until 1935. After the Nuremberg Laws came into force , she handed over management of the company to Rudolf Herbst. In September 1942 she was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp , where she died six months later.

Services

Marie Pfungst was committed to women's rights and, as chairwoman of the local branch of the General German Women's Association, founded the Frankfurt legal protection office for women in 1897, which was in great demand. During her time as the head of the company and beyond, she appeared as a founder and benefactor and supported a number of Jewish and non-Jewish social projects. She founded numerous women's associations, set up a library for workers, offered courses and advice comparable to those offered by today's adult education centers, started secondary school courses for girls in Frankfurt together with Jenny Apolant and founded a home for women who got into need through no fault of their own.

Fonts

  • Report from the legal protection office in Frankfurt am Main . Neue Bahnen Vol. 36, 1901, pp. 272-275.
  • The power of the keys of women . In: Aschaffenburger Zeitung. May 29, 1907.
  • Social aid work . In: Aschaffenburger Zeitung. August 1, 1907.
  • The new mother . In: Aschaffenburger Zeitung. November 8, 1907.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Iris Schröder: Working for a Better World: Women's Movement and Social Reform Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-593-36783-1 , pp. 66-67.
  2. ↑ Christina Klausmann: Politics and culture of the women's movement in the Kaiserreich - The example of Frankfurt am Main. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-593-35758-5 , pp. 78-80.

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personal data
SURNAME Pfungst, Marie Eleonore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German women's rights activist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1943
Place of death Theresienstadt