Sophie Döhring
Anna Sophie Döhring (born June 30, 1885 in Stuttgart ; † August 25, 1977 there ) was a German politician ( SPD ) and union official .
Life
Sophie Döhring was born in Stuttgart as the daughter of a shepherd. She attended elementary school and became a linen weaver . From July 1916 to February 1933 she was the managing director of the textile workers' association in Stuttgart. In 1917 she joined the USPD , then in 1922 the SPD. At the beginning of the Nazi era , she was arrested and held for 3 months in Heuberg concentration camp.
From 1945 to 1947 Döhring worked as an employee in the Stuttgart regional administration of the Württemberg trade union federation. From 1945 to 1949 she was a member of the state board of the Württemberg-Baden trade union federation . She volunteered as a labor judge in Stuttgart.
On December 28, 1951, Sophie Döhring was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for her commitment to trade union politics.
Sophie Döhring remained single all her life. She died on August 25, 1977 at the age of 92 in Stuttgart and found her final resting place in the Prague cemetery there .
politics
In the years 1919 and 1920 Döhring ran unsuccessfully for the Reichstag . She was more successful in the candidacy for a state parliament mandate: In 1928 she was elected to the Württemberg state parliament and was a member of it until 1933.
Web links
- Biography of Sophie Döhring . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
literature
- Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament. Southwest German MP since 1919 . On behalf of the state parliament published by the state center for political education, Theiss-Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1012-8 , p. 81.
- Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 148 .
- Peter Rütters: Döhring, Sofie (1885–1977): Career opportunities for a textile worker in Württemberg . In: Siegfried Mielke (ed.): Trade unionists in the Nazi state: persecution, resistance, emigration . Essen: Klartext, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89861-914-1 , pp. 105–124
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moments 1/2013, articles on regional studies for Baden-Württemberg, p. 17.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doehring, Sophie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Döhring, Anna Sophie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (SPD) and trade union official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1977 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |