Life
Neumann was born in Stettin, Free State of Prussia, Prussia, in 1926. In her early life she was an agricultural worker. Starting in the 1950s she had a shipbuilding career at Neptun Werft in Rostock, and completed a diploma at the University of Rostock (WPU) in 1961. She ultimately became director of cadre and training at the shipyard in 1971 until retiring in 1981. Neumann joined the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) in 1946, the Free German Youth (FDJ) in 1947 and Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in 1949. She held an FDJ leadership position for several years. She was elected to the in 1954, and later (1976) became part of the parliament's constitutional and legal committee. In 1964 she became a member of the State Council, which was East Germany's collective head of state, until 1971. Neumann was awarded the and the Patriotic Order of Merit, Patriotic Order of Merit in Bronze.References
1926 births Possibly living people University of Rostock alumni Free German Trade Union Federation members Free German Youth members Socialist Unity Party of Germany politicians Members of the Volkskammer Female members of the Volkskammer Members of the State Council of East Germany Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze Recipients of the Medal of Merit of the GDR German women trade unionists {{germany-SED-politician-stub