Marlies Kramer

Maria Elisabeth "Marlies" Krämer (* 1937 in Illingen ) is a German local politician , women's rights activist and author .

Political activities

The trained saleswoman Marlies Krämer is interested and committed to feminist issues. In particular, equal treatment of men and women in language is a concern that she emphatically defends.

When her passport had to be extended in the 1990s, Krämer was bothered by the fact that only the phrase “holder” was given for the signature. She went to court and managed to have the phrase "owner" used since 1996.

In 1998 she initiated the renaming of the previously common practice in Germany of only labeling low pressure areas with women's names, and since 1999 the low pressure areas have been given female first names, alternating one year and male the following year.

In February and March 2018, numerous national media reported on Krämer's proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice (Az. VI ZR 143/17, March 13, 2018), with which they wanted to achieve that the Sparkasse, in addition to the generic masculine word such as "account holder" or "recipient "Also uses" account holder "or" recipient ", in particular she wants to be addressed as" customer "instead of the masculine word form" customer ". She was defeated in court. The President of the German Association of Women Lawyers , Maria Wersig , regretted the decision of the BGH and said that much remained to be done in terms of gender-sensitive language . Krämer announced that he would go to the Federal Constitutional Court and, if necessary, to the European Court of Justice . In July 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court dismissed the lawsuit due to a lack of reasons for the application.

Offices

Marlies Krämer got involved at the local level, especially in environmental policy . From 1987 to 1994 she was an SPD member of the Sulzbach / Saar city ​​council , including four years as environmental policy spokeswoman. In 2008 she resigned from the SPD and became a member of the party Die Linke , whose local association chairwoman and spokeswoman for the environment and culture she became. After she withdrew from her political offices after the 2014 local elections , her party appointed her honorary chairman of the Sulzbach local association.

Award

On International Women's Day in March 2020 , Krämer was honored with the “ Marie Juchacz Women's Prize” from the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate for her lifelong commitment to equality between men and women in everyday life, language and politics.

Private

In 1958 Marlies married Krämer; her husband died in 1972. She is the mother of four children.

Publications

• Marlies Krämer, Dolly Hüther: When political women take a cure ... experiences and tips from A to Z. Hempel, Lebach 1991, ISBN 978-3-928598-45-3 .
• Spring meadow supermarket: An environmental story. Conte, Saarbrücken 2001, ISBN 978-3-9808118-1-1 .
• Eddy in the forest of leaves: collected requests to speak. Conte, Saarbrücken 2003, ISBN 978-3-936950-02-1 .
• A thousand and one women's lives. Conte, Saarbrücken 2004, ISBN 978-3-936950-14-4 .
• For love of reality. Poems. Conte, Saarbrücken 2005, ISBN 978-3-936950-32-8 .

Web links

• State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate : Marlies Krämer receives new Marie Juchacz women's award. In: rlp.de. March 8, 2020.
• Audio: Interview with Marlies Krämer: Tireless feminist: Marlies Krämer receives women's award from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In: SWR2 . March 7, 2020 (11:44 minutes; “The 82-year-old Saarland native will be honored for her commitment to gender-equitable language”).
• Rahel Klein: Marlies Krämer: Fighter for a feminine language. In: Deutsche Welle . March 13, 2018.
• Message (dpa): Bank forms: Be hushed up as a woman - 80-year-olds are fighting their third big battle for equality. In: Stern.de . 20th February 2018.
• Christian Rath: Gender-appropriate language: a feminist wants to be a payer. In: taz.de . 20th February 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scan as a supplement to the article: Sparkasse form by Marlies Krämer. ( Memento from March 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Der Spiegel . March 27, 2018, accessed July 1, 2020.
2. ^ ^{A b c} Claus Kuhn: Better dust in the apartment than in the head. SaarNews news portal, April 3, 2016, saarnews.com, accessed on February 24, 2018.
3. ↑ 80-year-olds fights against Sparkasse , radio report on SR3 Saarlandwelle, February 20, 2018, sr.de, accessed on February 24, 2018.
4. ^ High pressure areas from 1999 , Institute for Meteorology FU Berlin, accessed on May 2, 2018.
5. ^ Low pressure areas from 1999 , Institute for Meteorology FU Berlin, accessed on May 2, 2018.
6. ↑ Confusion of names at Wetterhimmel , taz of January 6, 1999, accessed on May 2, 2018.
7. ↑ Wolfgang Janisch: Decision at the Federal Court of Justice: How Marlies Krämer fights against the savings banks. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . February 20, 2018, accessed July 1, 2020.
8. ↑ Didem Ozan: Sparkasse: The man takes care of the account. In: The time . March 2, 2018, accessed July 1, 2020.
9. ↑ ^{a b} message (dpa): Marlies Krämer: Sparkasse customer is subject to the dispute over forms. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . March 13, 2018, accessed July 1, 2020.
10. ↑ Report (dpa): BGH decision: Customer remains customer: Plaintiff is subject to the dispute over forms. In: The time . March 13, 2018, accessed July 1, 2020.
11. ↑ Report: Federal Constitutional Court: Sparkasse may initially address the customer as a customer. In: Der Spiegel . July 1, 2020, accessed July 1, 2020.
12. ↑ ^{a b} portrait: DIE LINKE. Sulzbach: local association. In: dielinke-sulzbach.de. October 29, 2016, accessed July 1, 2020 . 
13. ^ State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate : Marlies Krämer receives the new Marie Juchacz Women's Prize. In: rlp.de. March 8, 2020, accessed July 1, 2020.