Louise Schroeder

Louise Schroeder
Louise Schroeder, 1948
Born
Louise Dorothea Sophie Schroeder

(1887-04-02)2 April 1887
Altona, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German empire
Died4 June 1957(1957-06-04) (aged 70)
West Berlin, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Politician
writer
broadcaster
Political partySPD

Louise Dorothea Schroeder (2 April 1887 in Altona (Elbe) – 4 June 1957 in Berlin) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) party.[1] She was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assembly, the Constituent Assembly of the Weimar Republic and subsequently remained a member of the Reichstag until 1933. An educator and activist central in the Arbeiterwohlfahrt (Workers Welfare Institution) movement, and she was under scrutiny of the Nazi Party during the 1930s and 1940s for her socialist positions. After the partition of Germany following World War II, she served as governing mayor of West Berlin in 1948.[2] Until Franziska Giffey was sworn in in 2021, she was the only woman to have served as Mayor of Berlin.[3][4]

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  2. ^ "Schroeder, Louise (1887–1957) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Bevor Franziska Giffey kam: Wer waren die ersten Frauen an der Spitze Berlins?". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
  4. ^ "An der Spitze Berlins".