{"id":12998,"date":"2023-03-22T11:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/louise-schroeder\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T10:00:30","slug":"louise-schroeder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/en\/biographies\/louise-schroeder\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Schroeder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12998\" class=\"elementor elementor-12998 elementor-8349\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71bd1ea4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71bd1ea4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c36167b\" data-id=\"6c36167b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac3d111 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ac3d111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Louise Schroeder<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74cfb6a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74cfb6a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(born 1887 in Altona Hamburg \u2013 died 1957 in West Berlin)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53898871 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53898871\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ed09123\" data-id=\"4ed09123\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ecb7f0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ecb7f0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"If I was able to fulfill a special task as a woman, it was to bring people closer together, to strengthen their aversion to dictatorship and to help them as far as was possible.\" <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3015494d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3015494d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a Social Democrat, Louise Schroeder openly positioned herself against National Socialism and fought for the rights of the disadvantaged.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Louise Schroeder was a German politician belonging to the SPD (<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Eng.: Social Democratic Party of Germany), one of the first female parliamentarians and the first woman mayor of Berlin. Schroeder grew up as the youngest daughter of eight children <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">born into<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a working-class family in the Altona district of Hamburg. Her father was a construction worker and her mother a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">greengrocer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The social democratic <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">mindset<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the family shaped her from an early age; even as a young girl, she took part in workers&#8217; meetings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After attending <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> commercial and trade school, Schroeder became politically active. At the time of the Weimar Republic, she was one of the youngest members of the German Reichstag, the National Assembly <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">having<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> admitted women for the first time in 1919. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> political issues closest to her heart were workers&#8217; rights and the protection of mothers and children. In July 1927, the first Maternity Protection Act in Germany was passed, not least <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">due<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> her efforts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">After 1933, Louise Schroeder was banned from her profession after voting as a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">staunch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Social Democrat against the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Erm\u00e4chtigungsgesetz<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (Enabling Act), which paved the way for Adolf Hitler to <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">assume<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> sole power. Subsequently, she ran a bakery in which she consistently <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">refused to give<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> her customers the Hitler salute. After the war, from 1947 to 1948, she was the acting mayor of the now war-torn Berlin, where she made every effort to alleviate the suffering of the people. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Her<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> commitment to democracy, peace and gender equality is honoured today within and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">beyond Germany\u2019s borders<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29f2062e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29f2062e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\" lang=\"DE-DE\" xml:lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"FindHit SCXW66519467 BCX0\">Louise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\"> Schroeder in 1955 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\" lang=\"DE-DE\" xml:lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\">on<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\" lang=\"DE-DE\" xml:lang=\"DE-DE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\"> her <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW66519467 BCX0\">commitment<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\">: https:\/\/www.parlament-berlin.de\/das-parlament\/<\/span><span class=\"FindHit SCXW66519467 BCX0\">louise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW66519467 BCX0\">-schroeder-medaille (17\/11\/2022).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25f6d4c8\" data-id=\"25f6d4c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1384b81b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1384b81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Louise-Schroeder-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Louise-Schroeder-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Louise-Schroeder-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.toleranzraeume.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Louise-Schroeder.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">National Photo Company Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louise Schroeder (born 1887 in Altona Hamburg \u2013 died 1957 in West Berlin) &#8220;If I was able to fulfill a special task as a woman, it was to bring people closer together, to strengthen their aversion to dictatorship and to help them as far as was possible.&#8221; 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