Maria Otto

Maria Otto
Born(1892-08-06)August 6, 1892
Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Reich
DiedDecember 20, 1972(1972-12-20) (aged 80)
Munich, West Germany
Alma materUniversity of Würzburg
Occupationlawyer

Maria Otto (6 August 1892, Weiden in der Oberpfalz - 20 December 1977, Munich) was the first female attorney in Germany.[1] Following the enactment of Germany's "Law on the Admission of Women to the Offices and Professions of Justice" on 11 July 1922, Maria Otto was admitted to the bar on 7 December 1922. Until her death in 1977, she worked as a lawyer in Munich.[2]

Since 2010, the German Bar Association awards the Maria Otto award [de] in her honor to distinguished female lawyers and organizations that have rendered outstanding services to the advancement of female jurists.[3]

  1. ^ Sara L., Kimble (July 2016). New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History. Routledge; 1 edition (July 26, 2016). ISBN 9781317577164.
  2. ^ Röwekamp, p. 282[clarification needed]
  3. ^ Kharraz, Gita (4 May 2022). "Maria-Otto-Preis 2022 geht an Margarete Gräfin von Galen". Beck-Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 2022-05-05.