Martha Dönhoff
Anna Martha Dönhoff (born January 21, 1875 in Witten ; † May 5, 1955 in Langendreer , Bochum ) was a German women's rights activist and liberal politician .
Life
Dönhoff was the daughter of the brewery owner Wilhelm Dönhoff and his wife Sophie, b. Schulze-Herringen. Her father died before she was even born. After elementary school and secondary school for girls, Dönhoff did not undertake vocational training, but looked after the children of her siblings. Through her acquaintance with Ika Freudenberg , she came into contact with the bourgeois women's movement. Influenced by this, Dönhoff built up the Frauenwohl association in Witten from 1902 . She was also nationally active in the women's movement. Dönhoff was elected the first chairwoman of the Rhenish-Westphalian women's association in 1911. In Witten, the association ran a career and training advice center for girls and women under her leadership.
Between 1919 and 1921 Dönhoff was a member of the constituent Prussian state assembly as a member of the DDP . After that she was a member of the Prussian state parliament until 1932 . In her party she was chairwoman of the Reich Women's Committee from 1922 to 1932. Above all, she advocated non-denominational and non-partisan cooperation on women's issues. She also promoted educational work for women and devoted herself to youth work. From 1931 to 1933 she was chairman of the Lette Association .
During the time of National Socialism , Dönhoff withdrew from public life. In 1947 she joined the FDP , but no longer took on political office due to reasons of age.
Documents on her political activities are in the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .
literature
- Karin Jaspers / Wilfried Reinighaus: Westphalian-Lippian candidates in the January elections in 1919. A biographical documentation , Münster: Aschendorff 2020 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Westphalia , New Series, 52), ISBN 9783402151365 , p. 55 f.
Web links
- Liberal deadlines: 55th anniversary of Martha Dönhoff's death at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
- Archives at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doris Obschernitzki: The woman her work! , Berlin 1986, p. 159.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donhoff, Martha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dönhoff, Anna Martha (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German women's rights activist and politician (DDP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Witten |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1955 |
| Place of death | Langendreer |