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Elisabeth Hattemer
Elisabeth "Else" Hattemer (born Elisabeth Hemmes: 9 January 1870 – 19 December 1948) was a politician (Centre Party (Germany), Centre Party) and, between 1919 and 1933, a member of the :de:Landtag des Volksstaates Hessen, regional parliament (''"Landtag"'') in the People's State of Hesse, People's State of Hesse (''"Volksstaat Hessen"''), as Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt became known between 1918 and 1945. Throughout this period she was the party's only female deputy in the assembly.Ingrid Langer: Zwölf vergessene Frauen. Die weiblichen Abgeordneten im Parlament des Volksstaates Hessen, ihre politische Arbeit – ihr Alltag – ihr Leben, Frankfurt 1989, . Life Provenance and early years Elisabeth Hemmes was born in Bensheim, then as now a prosperous mid-sized town located halfway between Darmstadt and Mannheim. (1840–1925), her father, was a teacher who later achieved notability as the director of the Royal Deaf-Mute Institute (''"Bensheimer Großhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre Party (Germany)
The Centre Party (german: Zentrum), officially the German Centre Party (german: link=no, Deutsche Zentrumspartei) and also known in English as the Catholic Centre Party, is a Catholic political party in Germany, influential in the German Empire and Weimar Republic. It is the oldest German political party to be still in existence since its founding date. Formed in 1870, it successfully battled the '' Kulturkampf'' waged by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck against the Catholic Church. It soon won a quarter of the seats in the Reichstag (Imperial Parliament), and its middle position on most issues allowed it to play a decisive role in the formation of majorities. The party name ''Zentrum'' (Centre) originally came from the fact Catholic representatives would take up the middle section of seats in parliament between social democrats and conservatives. For most of the Weimar Republic, the Centre Party was the third-largest party in the Reichstag and a bulwark of the Republic, participati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
