Ellen Ammann

Ellen Ammann (1930)

Ellen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte Ammann (1 July 1870 - 23 November 1932) was a German politician and activist, representative of the Bavarian People's Party.[1] She worked for Swedish-German women's rights, and was a welfare nurse and pioneer of professional training for social work. From 1919 to 1932, she served as a “landtag” deputy for “Bavarian People’s Party”, where she advocated the professiobalisation of women’s education. In January 1923, together with Anita Augspurg and a delegation of women, Amman called for Hitler to be expelled from Germany. During the Hitler Putsch, she and several hastly members of government composed a condemnation of the attempted coup d’etat. She continued to oppose National Socialism until her death.

Literature

  • Marianne Neboisa: Ellen Ammann, geb. Sundström 1870-1932. Dokumentation und Interpretation eines diakonischen Frauenlebens. St. Ottilien 1992
  • Manfred Berger (2002). "Ammann, Ellen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte". In Bautz, Traugott. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 20. Nordhausen: Bautz. col. 27–34. ISBN 3-88309-091-3.
  • Manfred Berger: Frauen in sozialer Verantwortung: Ellen Ammann. In: Unsere Jugend. 59 2007/H.4, S. 176-179
  • Bayerischer Landesverband des Katholischen Deutschen Frauenbundes e.V.: Neun Jahrzehnte starke Frauen in Bayern und der Pfalz. München 2001.
  • Gerhard Hohenwarter: Der Bayerische Landesverband des Katholischen Deutschen Frauenbundes. Seine Geschichte und Entwicklung aufgezeigt am Beispiel ausgewählter Frauenbiografien, München 2002 (unveröffentlichte Diplomarbeit)

See also

References

  1. ↑ University of Ulm


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