Inge Donnepp

Inge Donnepp (13 December 1918 – 31 July 2002)[1] was a German lawyer and politician (SPD).[2] She was the first woman minister of Justice of a German state.[3][4] Because of her political commitment, she was called in the SPD also "mother Courage of the Ruhr area".[5]

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.[1] 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.[1]

Death

She died in Recklinghausen.

References
  1. "Inge Donnepp – Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. "Inge Donnepp".
  3. "Detailed view of MEP Inge Donnepp".
  4. Germany (West). Federal Council (1983). Negotiations of the Bundesrat: Stenographic Reports, Issues 519–530. p. 463.
  5. "Mutter Courage des Ruhrgebiets kämpfte für die Gleichberechtigung". 10 December 2018.


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