Marie Rogge

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Marie Metta Friederike Rogge , b. Koch, (born December 30, 1818 in Bremen ; † October 5, 1908 ) was a German women's rights activist .

biography

Rogge came from a middle-class family with some wealth. She was married to the tobacco merchant Henrich Levin Rogge (1818-1858), who was a member of the Bremen mayor (1849-1852 and 1854-1858); both had four daughters.

Her favorable living situation enabled her to actively intervene in politics. She got involved in the German Revolution of 1848/1849 and tried - mostly in vain - to mediate between the leading representatives in Bremen. She admired the theologian Rudolf Dulon , who was pastor at the Bremen Church of Our Lady from June 1848 and then a leading representative in Bremen among the radical democrats and who tended to take increasingly radical positions. Her uncle, the rather liberal master carpenter Cord Wischmann (1800-1857), founded the Bremen Citizens' Association with 204 like-minded people in January 1848 and was elected the association's first president. He represented decisive but reformist approaches in this time of failed democratic awakening. Her attempts to mediate between the disputing positions were unsuccessful.

When Dulon was suspended as pastor by the Bremen Senate, 5356 Bremen women signed an unsuccessful petition (“March petition”) against this measure in a short time. Marie Rogge, Meta Claußen and Anna Knigge presented the petition to Mayor Johann Smidt . Dulon was dismissed from the Senate in April 1852.

The Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen put down the democratic movement around 1851/52. The democratic citizenship was dissolved in March 1852 by the Senate without a legal basis. The Bremen Citizens' Association was banned by the Senate after the end of the revolution in March 1852. Dulon first emigrated to Heligoland , which was then English , and then went to the USA in 1853. The fight for more democracy was lost. Like Dulon, her husband escaped imminent arrest in March 1852 by fleeing to Heligoland and Marie Rogge was allowed to visit him. During this time, she said: “For my part, I wanted the Senate to have hell been made hot”. From 1854 until his death in 1858, her husband was again a member of the Bremen citizenship. But she herself was inactive afterwards.

literature

  • Hannelore Cyrus: Rogge, Marie, b. Cook. In: Bremer Frauenmuseum (Hrsg.): Women story (s). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 . On-line

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Schulz: Guardianship and protection. Elites and citizens in Bremen 1750–1880. Walter de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 978-3-486-83276-1 , p. 570, limited preview in the Google book search
personal data
SURNAME Rogge, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogge, Marie Metta Friederike (full name); Koch, Marie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1908