Ellen Aurora Ammann (1 July 1870 - 23 November 1932) was a

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and

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of Swedish origin, a representative of the

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. Her cause for sainthood has been opened by the

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Biography

Ellen Sundström was born in

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. She was the elder daughter of Carl Rudolf Sundström (1841-1889) and Carolina Sofia Häggström (1849–1943). Her father was an ornithologist and doctor of zoology. Her mother was a journalist and foreign editor with ''

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''. She was the sister of Swedish landscape artist Harriet Sundström (1872–1961) . After graduation, she began training as a physiotherapist. In 1890 Ellen Sundström married German orthopedist Ottmar Ammann (1861–1939) and then moved with her husband to

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. She worked for Swedish-German women's rights, and was a welfare nurse and pioneer of professional training for social work. A

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convert, in 1904 she co-founded the Munich branch of the

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. From 1919 to 1932, she served as a "landtag" deputy for the Bavarian People’s Party, where she advocated the professionalisation of women's education. In January 1923, together with

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and a delegation of women, Amman called for Austrian born

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to be expelled from Germany. During the

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, she and several members of government hastily composed a condemnation of the attempted coup d'état. She continued to oppose National Socialism until her death. Ellen Ammann died in Munich during 1932 in the aftermath of a stroke. She was buried at

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* Adelheid Schmidt-Thomé (2020) ''Ellen Ammann: Frauenbewegte Katholikin'' (Verlag Friedrich Pust) * Gunda Holtmann (2017) ''Ellen Ammann – Eine intellektuelle Biographie'' (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co) * Marianne Neboisa (1992) ''Ellen Ammann, geb. Sundström 1870-1932. Dokumentation und Interpretation eines diakonischen Frauenlebens.'' (St. Ottilien) * * Manfred Berger: ''Frauen in sozialer Verantwortung: Ellen Ammann.'' In: ''Unsere Jugend.'' 59 2007/H.4, S. 176-179

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Schweden stammende Frauenrechtlerin Ellen Ammann (1870-1932)
(Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund) 1870 births 1932 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Swedish emigrants to Germany Swedish women's rights activists Swedish Roman Catholics German anti-fascists Politicians from Bavaria Bavarian People's Party politicians Roman Catholic activists 20th-century venerated Christians German Servants of God Female anti-fascists {{Germany-BVP-politician-stub

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