Inge Donnepp (13 December 1918 – 31 July 2002)
was a German lawyer and politician (
SPD). She was the first woman
minister of Justice of a German state. Because of her political commitment, she was called in the SPD also "mother Courage of the
Ruhr
The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...
area".
Early life and education
Donnepp was born in
Unna. She studied
New Philology at the
University of Heidelberg. She attended law school at
Rostock and
Berlin, receiving her degree in 1947.
She worked as a lawyer from 1947 until 1954. She became a judge at the end of 1954, at the social courts of
Münster and
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
.
Death
She died in
Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen (; Westphalian: ''Riäkelhusen'') is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and indus ...
.
References
German women lawyers
20th-century German lawyers
20th-century German women
1918 births
2002 deaths
20th-century women lawyers
Heidelberg University alumni
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