Marie Munk

Marie Munk (born July 4, 1885 in Berlin, died January 17, 1978 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) was a German-American lawyer. She was the first female judge in Germany.[1] She made great efforts to obtain reforms in the family law, concerning equal spousal responsibilities, trouble-free divorce procedures, equal division of property in case of divorce, equal citizenship rights for women.[2]

Marie Munk

References

Gergana, Karadzhova (2012). Doctor Marie Munk - the First Female Judge in Germany: a Case Study of the Sense of Jewishness and the Work of a Pioneer in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Mount Holyoke College. German Studies Department.
Eva, Schandevyl. Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe. Routledge; 1 edition (March 22, 2016).

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[1] Gergana, Karadzhova (2012). Doctor Marie Munk - the First Female Judge in Germany: a Case Study of the Sense of Jewishness and the Work of a Pioneer in the Beginning of the 20th Century. Mount Holyoke College. German Studies Department.

[2] Eva, Schandevyl. Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe. Routledge; 1 edition (March 22, 2016).