Therese Blase
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Therese Blase, b. Knauf (born May 6, 1873 in Craula , † May 2, 1930 in Mannheim ) was a German social politician ( SPD ). From 1919 to 1930 she was a member of the Baden state parliament .
Life
Therese Blase was born in Craula, in what was then Saxony-Gotha , as the daughter of the farmer Adam Knauf. After attending primary school, the young woman went to the old Electoral Palatinate , married the coppersmith Blase in Mannheim in 1903 and had three children. Even before the First World War , she was committed to helping the needy. Since 1911 she worked in poor relief. From 1912 to 1930 she was a member of the Mannheim poor commission in the youth welfare office, chairwoman of the cripple club in Baden and from 1917 a member of the War Welfare Center and from 1925 to 1930 a member of the hospital commission in Mannheim.
Political career
In 1901 Therese Blase joined the SPD. In 1905 she was one of the founders of the women's division of the SPD and took over its leadership for a long time. In addition, she was a member of the SPD state executive in Baden from 1912 until her death . After the November Revolution, Therese Blase was elected to the Mannheim city council and the Baden state parliament in 1919 . She was a member of parliament until her death. She developed a comprehensive socio-political activity in the committees. In view of the recession and the onset of mass unemployment, she vigorously raised her voice at state and Nazi party rallies of the SPD .
Overestimating her strength in work for the family, the party and the welfare of the poor, she died a few days before she turned 57.
Although Therese Blase was the most prominent Social Democrat in Baden during the Weimar period , she was almost completely forgotten. In 1994 the city of Mannheim named a street after Therese Blase.
literature
- Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament: Southwest German MPs since 1919 , Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-923476-16-9 , p. 51f.
- Frank Raberg : Therese Blase - Great commitment to the poor , in: Moments. Contributions to regional studies of Baden-Württemberg , No. 2/2003, p. 23, Staatsanzeiger-Verlag, Stuttgart.
Web links
- Biography of Therese Blase . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
- Speeches by Therese Blase in the Baden State Parliament in the digital collections of the Baden State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bladder, Therese |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Craula |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1930 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |