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Bäumer, Gertrud
By Angelika Schaser
Gertrud Bäumer (1873-1954)
Gertrud Bäumer, member of the Weimar National Assembly from 1920-1930, was actively engaged in the German women’s rights movement.
Unknown photographer: Gertrud Bäumer, black-and-white photograph, before 1913; source: Lebendiges Museum Online, Deutsches Historisches Museum, https://www.dhm.de/lemo/bestand/objekt/baeumer.
© DHM Berlin.
Bäumer, Gertrud
women’s rights activist, politician, social worker and teacher
Born 12 September 1873 in Hohenlimburg, Germany
Died 25 March 1954 in Bielefeld, Germany
Summary
Gertrud Bäumer was one of the most well known leaders of the German women’s movement.In 1914, as the president of the Federation of German Women’s Associations (Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine, BDF), she co-founded the National Women’s Service (Nationaler Frauendienst, NFD). After World War I, she was one of the first professional women politicians for the liberal, German Democratic Party (Deut