Gertrud Bäumer

Gertrud Bäumer (12 September 1873, Hagen-Hohenlimburg, Westphalia – 25 March 1954, Bethel) was a German politician who actively participated in the German civil rights feminist movement. She was also a writer, and contributed to Friedrich Naumann's paper ''Die Hilfe''. From 1898, Bäumer lived and worked together with the German feminist and politician Helene Lange.

Life

Gertrud Bäumer studied in Berlin and received her Ph.D. in 1905. Her dissertation was on Goethe's ''Satyron''. Bäumer edited the ''Handbuch der Frauenbewegung'' andbook of the Women's Movementfrom 1901–1906. From 1916–1920 she was in charge of the Social Pedagogical Institute with Marie Braun.

Bäumer was a member in close contact with the board of the national umbrella group of German women's organizations, the ''Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine'' (Federation of German Women's Associations) and during World War I she helped found the ''Nationaler Frauendienst'' ational Women's Service As such, Bäumer was aggressively opposed to the feminist-pacifist women supporting internationalism in Germany and elsewhere; stating: "We mustn't ever forget that it is not just military training that is being put to the test out there in the trenches and at sea, at the gun emplacements and in the air, but also German mothers' upbringing and German wives' care."G. Bäumer (1914) 'Der Krieg und die Frau', in E. Jäckh (ed.) Der deutsche Krieg:
Politische Flugschriften (Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlagsanstalt), p. 11. After the war she joined the German Democratic Party, for which she was a Reichstag member between 1919 and 1932. Also during this time she was a delegate for youth politics at the League of Nations in Geneva.

Published works

Gertrud Bäumer's published works as cited by ''An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers''.

Novels and short stories:
*''Sontag mit Silvia Monika'' Sunday with Silvia Monika 1933.
*''Adelheid, Mutter der Königreiche'' delheid, Mother of Kingdoms 1936.
*''Der Park'' he Park 1937.
*''Der Berg des Königs'' he Royal Mountain 1938.
*''Das königliche Haupt'' he Royal Head 1951.

Autobiography:
*''Lebensweg durch eine Zeitenwende'' Life's Path Crossing The Threshold to a New Age 1933; reprinted under the titled ''Im Licht der Erinnerungen'' n the Light of Memoriesin 1953.

Essays, studies and letters:
*''Die Frau in der Kulturbewegung der Gegenwart'' he Woman in the Cultural Movement of the Present Times 1904.
*''Goethes Satyron'' oethe's Satyron 1905.
*''Die Frauenbewegung und die Zukunft unserer Kultur'' he Women's Movement and the Future of our Culture 1909.
*''Die soziale Idee in den Weltanschauungen des 19. Jahrhunderts'' he Social Idea in the Ideologies of the 19th Century 1910.
*''Die Frau und das geistige Leben'' oman and the Intellectual Life 1911.
*''Der Wandel des Frauenideals in der modernen Kultur'' he Change of the Ideal of Women in Our Modern Culture 1911.
*''Von der Kinderseele'' n the Souls of Children 1912.
*''Ida Freudenberg'', 1912.
*''Was sind Wir unserem geistigen Ich schuldig?'' hat Do We Owe Our Intellectual Self? 1912.
*''Entwicklung und Stand des Frauenstudiums und der höheren Frauenberufe'' evelopment and Present Situation of Studies for Women and of Advanced Jobs for Women 1912.
*''Die Frau in Volkswirtschaft und Staatsleben der Gegenwart'' he Woman in Economy and Public Life in the Present Time 1914.
*''Der Krieg und die Frau'' ar and Women 1914.
*''Die Lehren des Weltkriegs für die deutsche Pädagogik'' onsequences of WW 1 for German Pedagogy 1915.
*''Weit hinter den Schützengräben'' ar Behind the Trenches 1916.
*''Zwischen Gräbern und Sternen'' etween Tombs and Starts 1919.
*''Helene Lange'', 1918.
*''Studien über Frauen'' tudies on Women 1920.
*''Fichte und sein Werk'' ichte and His Work 1921.
*''Das Reichsgesetz für Jugendwohlfahrt'' he Imperial Law for Youth Welfare 1923.
*''Die seelische Krise'' he Crisis of the Soul 1924.
*''Die Frau in der Krise der Kultur'' he Woman in the Crisis of Our Culture 1926.
*''Europäische Kulturpolitik'' uropean Cultural Politics 1926.
*''Deutsche Schulpolitik'' erman School Politics 1928.
*''Grundlagen demokratischer Politik'' oundation of Democratic politics 1928.
*''Grundsätzliches und Tatsächliches zur Bevölkerungsentwicklung'' undamental Aspects and Facts of the Development of the Population 1929.
*''Nationale und Internationale Erziehung in der Schule'' ational and International Education in School 1929.
*''Die Frauengestalten der deutschen Frühe'' omen Figures in the German Past 1929.
*''Neuer Humanismus'' ew Humanism 1930.
*''Schulaufbau, Berufsauslese, Berechtigungswesen'' econstruction of the School, Selection of Jobs, Justification 1930.
*''Heimatchronik während des Weltkriegs'' ome Chronicle During the Time of WW1 1930.
*''Sinn und Formen geistiger Fûhrung'' eaning and Forms of Intellectual Leadership 1930.
*''die Frau im neuen Lebensraum'' he Woman in New living Space 1931.
*''Goethe-überzeitlich'' oethe-From a Transcendental Viewpoint 1932.
*''Krisis des Frauenstudiums'' risis of Women Studies 1932.
*''Die Frau im deutschen Staat'' he Woman in the German Nation 1932.
*''Familienpolitik'' amily Politics 1933.
*''Der freiwillige Arbeitsdienst der Frau'' he Voluntary Work Service of the Woman 1933.
*''Männer und Frauen im geistigen Werden des deutschen Volkes'' en and Women in the Intellectual Development of the German People 1934,
*''Ich kreise um Gott'' Am Circling Around God 1935.
*''Wolfram von Eschenbach'', 1938.
*''Krone und Kreuz'' rown and Cross 1938.
*''Gestalt und Wandel'' orm and Change 1939.
*''Frauen der Tat'' omen in Action 1959.
*''Das Antlitz der Mutter'' y Mother's Face 1941.
*''Der ritterliche Mensch'' he Chivalric Person 1941.
*''Die Macht der Liebe'' ove's Power 1942.
*''Der neue Weg der deutschen Frau'' he New Way for the German Woman 1946.
*''Die Reichsidee bei den Ottonen'' he Imperial Idea under the Ottonians 1946.
*''Das hohe Mittelalter als christliche Schöpfung'' he High Middle Ages as a Christian Creation 1946.
*''Eine Woch im Mai'' Week in May 1947.
*''Der Jüngling im Sternenmantel'' he Youth in the Coat of Stars 1947.
*''Der Dichter Fritz Usinger'' he Poet Fritz Usinger 1947.
*''Die christliche Barmherzigkeit als geschichtliche Macht'' hristian Mercy as Historical Power 1948.
*''Ricarda Huch'', 1949.
*''Die drei göttlichen Komödien des Abendlandes'' he Three European Divine Comedies, a study on Dante's ''Divina Commedia'', Wolfram von Eschenbach's ''Parzival'' and Goethe's ''Faust'' 1949.
*''Frau Rath Goethe'', 1949.

Editions:
*''Der Traum vom Reich'' he Dream about the Empire 1955.
*''Goethe's Freundinnnen'' oethe's Girl Friends 1909.
*''Die Religion und die Frau'' eligion and the Woman 1911.
*''Der deutsche Frauenkongreß Berlin'' he German Women Congress in Berlin 1912.
*''Die Deutsche Frau in der sozialen Kriegsfürsorge'' he German Woman in the Veterans' Welfare System 1916.
*''Eine Hand voll Jubel'' Handful of Jubilation 1934.
*''Der Denker'' he Thinker 1950.

Periodicals edited:
*''Die Frau'' he Woman 1893-1944,
*''Hilfe'' elp 1915-1940.
*''Handbuch der Frauenbewegung'' andbook of the Women's Movement 1901-1906.

References

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External links

Biographie: Gertrud Bäumer, 1873-1954
at the ''Deutsches Historisches Museum''

Online Biography of Gertrud Bäumer (in German)
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