Viktoria Steinbiss

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Viktoria Steinbiß on a poster for the 1949 federal election

Viktoria Steinbiß born Clear Horst (* 19 August 1892 in Bielefeld ; † 11. February 1971 ibid) was a German politician of the CDU .

Life

After graduating from high school, Viktoria Steinbiß studied medicine at the universities of Frankfurt am Main , Göttingen , Heidelberg and Berlin . In 1920 she was promoted to Dr. med. doctorate and was from 1932 to 1936 head of the laboratory department of the city ​​hospital in Bielefeld . During the war years , she worked for doctors' representatives from 1940 to 1945. After the war, she opened her own practice in 1945. In addition to her partisan engagement, she was active in Christian associations.

politics

Steinbiß became a member of the CDU in 1945. She was the first woman to be elected to the Bielefeld city council, where she took over the chairmanship of her party. She also represented her party in the Westphalia Provincial Council in 1946 and was deputy zone adviser for the British zone from 1947 to 1948 .

Announcement of an election campaign event for the 1949 federal election in Lüdenscheid with Viktoria Steinbiß as speaker

She was a member of the first and second Appointed Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from October 2, 1946 to April 19, 1947 , later switched to federal politics and belonged to the German Bundestag from its first election from 1949 to 1961. She was always elected to parliament via the CDU state list of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1953 to 1961 she was deputy chairman of the Bundestag committee for health care. She also served on the Social Policy Committee (1949–1957) and the Nuclear Energy and Water Management Committee (1958–1961). In the Bundestag, in addition to her parliamentary work, she pursued professional status for the German medical profession. She mediated discussions between high-ranking top officials of the medical organizations and the incumbent Chancellor Konrad Adenauer . She coordinated some of her speeches on topics of health policy with the then President of the German Medical Association, Karl Haedenkamp .

Honors

  • In 1961 she was awarded the Paracelsus Medal .
  • Viktoria-Steinbiß-Straße in Bielefeld is named after her.

Web links

Commons : Viktoria Steinbiß  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  • Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 841-842.
  • Bärbel Sunderbrink: "An evangelical woman who is particularly active within our party". The doctor and CDU politician Viktoria Steinbiß (1892–1971), in: Bärbel Sunderbrink (Ed.), Frauen in der Bielefelder Geschichte, Bielefeld 2010, pp. 181–191.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Gerst: Medical professional organization and professional politics in Germany 1945–1955 , Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3515080562 . Some of them can be viewed online at Google Books
personal data
SURNAME Stonebite, Victoria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klarhorst, Viktoria (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1971
Place of death Bielefeld