Ursula Nienhaus

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Ursula Nienhaus (born December 21, 1946 in Haldern ; † April 17, 2020 ) was a German historian . She was a co-founder of the Women's Research, Education and Information Center (FFBIZ) in Berlin and headed the FFBIZ archive until 2011.

Life

Ursula Nienhaus was the daughter of a laborer and a farm worker and housewife. From 1951 to 1955 she attended elementary school and from 1955 to 1966 the grammar school in Haldern. After graduating from high school, she studied German , history , education and philosophy at the universities of Cologne , Bonn and Tübingen . In 1972 she passed the first state examination. The subject of her thesis was Michael Bakunin and his attitude towards Russia .

From 1972 to 1973 she studied for a year at the Archives for the Early Soviet Union at Stanford University in California . This was followed by postgraduate studies (Russian and sociology ) in Tübingen from 1974 to 1975 . In 1976 she received her doctorate with a dissertation on revolution and bureaucracy, state administration and state control in Soviet Russia 1917-1924.

From 1976 to 1979 Nienhaus worked as a research assistant at the Technical University of Berlin , where she got in touch with the women's movement . In 1978 she founded the Women's Research, Education and Information Center (FFBIZ) in Berlin together with Barbara Duden , Gisela Bock , Claudia Bernadoni and others. Until 2011 she worked there continuously as a research assistant and head of the FFBIZ archive . Her work focused on research, educational events and archiving collections and bequests. She built up one of the largest collections on the women's movement from the 1970s onwards.

In parallel to her work at the FFBIZ, she worked as a research assistant at the Berlin State Archives and other institutions until 1992 . 1993 habilitation them with a thesis on female employees of Deutsche Post in the period from 1864 to 1945 at the University of Hannover . In the following years she held visiting professorships at numerous universities, including the Free University of Berlin , the University of Innsbruck and the Humboldt University of Berlin . From 1994 she was a private lecturer for new history and gender studies at the University of Hanover. Nienhaus published numerous monographs and articles on the history of the Soviet Union , the politics of the German post office, women's work and the female police force .

After retiring from 2011, she continued to work for the FFBIZ as a board member and member of the association. She was also a member and former president of the Berlin Club of Soroptimist International .

Nienhaus was single and had no children.

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Revolution and bureaucracy. State administration and control in Soviet Russia 1917–1924 . RG Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-88323-175-4 .
  • Profession female. The first female employees . Transit, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-88747-006-0 .
  • "A woman with a fiery heart, an excellent organizer": Else Kolshorn (1873–1962) (=  documentaries on the new history of women . Volume 4 ). Women's research, education and training Information center, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-927829-03-X .
  • Father State and his assistants. Politics with women’s work at the Deutsche Post, 1864–1945 (=  history and gender . Volume 11 ). Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-593-35281-8 .
  • "Not suitable for a management position": Josephine Erkens and the beginnings of the female police force in Germany 1923–1933 . Westphalian steam boat, Münster 1999, ISBN 3-89691-463-4 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c We mourn Prof. Dr. Ursula Nienhaus (December 21, 1946 - April 17, 2020). In: FFBIZ eV, women's research, education and information center. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Gabriele Goettle: Grayed out in service . In: The daily newspaper . November 29, 2004, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 15-16 ( taz.de [accessed May 4, 2020]).
  3. ^ SI-Club Berlin-Mitte - Soroptimist International Germany: Mourning for apl. Prof. Dr. Ursula Nienhaus Home. Retrieved May 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Senator Kolat honors Ursula Nienhaus with Federal Order of Merit. Press release from the Senate Department for Labor, Integration and Women. In: Berlin.de. December 10, 2014, accessed May 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Nienhaus, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Haldern
DATE OF DEATH 17th April 2020